TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gino,Alex
TI  - Melissa
SN  - 9781338843415
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Scholastic Inc.
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Transgender youth
KW  - Transgender children
KW  - Gender nonconformity
KW  - Middle school students
KW  - Bullying
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Transgender fiction
KW  - Social problem fiction
N1  - Author requested publisher to change name of title in 2021, previously titled "George."; "Hey folks, just a reminder that I made a huge mistake in the title of my first book, GEORGE. That is a name my MC never wants to hear again. She is fictional and it's in the narrative for a reason, but the title could have been just about anything different. I'm sorry, Melissa."--Tweet from the author, @lxgino, December 2, 2018; ch. I; Secrets --; ch. II; Charlotte Dies --; ch. III; Acting Is Just Pretend --; ch. IV; Anticipation --; ch. V; Auditions --; ch. VI; Taken --; ch. VII; Time Drags When You're Miserable --; ch. VIII; Some Jerk --; ch. IX; Dinner at Arnie's --; ch. X; Transformations --; ch. XI; Invitations --; ch. XII; Melissa Goes to the Zoo
N2  - "When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part ... because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all."--
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