![]() This is a novel written by trans author Alex Gino and the title was just changed from George to Melissa earlier this year. This is a novel that shows how being different can make one person feel among other ‘normal’ people. This is a novel of differences, acceptance, and coming together. Over the course of this short novel, George tells her best friend Kelly who she actually is and that she wants to be Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web in the school play and Kelly is all for that! She has not told anyone who she really is, including her family. As the reader reads the novel, they see how George feels. ![]() George is in 4 th grade and though she physically looks like a boy, she knows in her heart that she is a girl. Not just so she can be Charlotte - but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.įorget what you personally believe about transgender people, we need more books like this! Whether this will be a book for a transgender child to read, this book can be for everyone as it shows how one person who feels they are very different from others can be their own person. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. But the teacher says she can’t even try out for the part. ![]() ![]() George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte’s Web. George thinks she’ll have to keep this a secret forever. When people look at George, they think they see a boy. ![]()
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