| Record Number |
21789 |
| ISBN |
9781338843408 (hardcover) |
| Location |
F GIN |
| Author |
Gino, Alex, (author). |
| Title |
Melissa / Alex Gino. |
| Published |
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2022] |
| ©2015. |
| Collation |
195 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
Author requested publisher to change name of title in 2021, previously titled "George" published in 2015. |
| "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. |
| Collection: LGBTIQA+ children |
| Summary Note |
"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."-- |
| Target Audience |
9-12 years old. |
| Awards Note |
Stonewall Book Award - Children's & Young Adult GBLT (US) (Winner - 2016) |
| NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children Recommended Book, 2016. |
| Rainbow Book List Award, 2016. |
| Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2016. |
| Lambda Literary Award, 2015. |
| Notable Books for a Global Society, 2016. |
| Subject |
Gender identity -- Juvenile fiction |
| Transgender youth -- Juvenile fiction |
| Transgender children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Gender nonconformity -- Juvenile fiction |
| Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction |
| Bullying -- Juvenile fiction |
| Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories -- Juvenile fiction |
