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2015

Title:	Melissa / Alex Gino.
Author:	Gino, Alex, author.
Format:	Book
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.
Description:	195 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:	"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"-- provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Gender identity -- Juvenile fiction. Transgender people -- Juvenile fiction Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction. Bullying -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre:	Transgender fiction. LGBTQIA+.
Other Title:	George : Melissa's story Melissa's story
Notes:	Previously published as George. Stonewall Award, 2016.
ISBN:	9781338843408 (hardcover ; 2022 edition) 9780545812542 (hardcover) 9781338843415 (paperback ; 2022 edition) 1338843419 (paperback ; 2022 edition)
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Alex Gino loves glitter, ice cream, gardening, awe-ful puns, and stories that reflect the diversity and complexity of being alive. Their first novel, Melissa, was a winner of the Children’s Stonewall Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Children’s Choice Book Award. For more about Alex, please visit them at alexgino.com.

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