Pair this important addition to the slender but growing body of transgender fiction with Ami Polonsky’s Gracefully Grayson (2014). Read 'Melissa (previously published as GEORGE)' by Alex Gino available from Rakuten Kobo. Gino does an excellent job introducing factual information into the narrative without impinging upon the accessible and appealing story. George is an appealing, thoroughly believable character, and her best friend Kelly adds humor and zest to this gentle story. /rebates/2faudiobook2f2773650082fMelissa-previously-published-as-GEORGE&. Gino’s debut novel is a sensitive, insightful portrayal of a transgender child coming to terms with gender identity. After all, who cares if she plays a girl’s part? Hasn’t her best friend Kelly told her that, in Shakespeare’s time, men played all the parts, even those of girls and women? But things aren’t that simple, not even when George summons the courage to dramatically show her single-parent mom the truth. When her fourth-grade class prepares to mount a dramatic production of Charlotte’s Web, George knows that more than anything in the world, she wants to play the part of Charlotte. Melissa (previously published as George). Everyone thinks she is a boy, but inside she knows that she is really a girl named Melissa. When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George.
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