About the book: George is a book that looks at a topic that is not widely discussed. The author Alex Gino presents the topic in a very innocent and tasteful manner. George is a transgender child in fourth grade. He is in love with the character Charlotte in Charlotte's Web. He dreams of playing the part of the glorious spider, but it is a part set aside for girls. George has a best friend Kelly who eventually discovers his secret and supports him/her. At the end of the story George is making small strides to become the girl that he feels he is. Kelly provides him/her the opportunity to spend the day as a girl. George or Melissa as he refers to himself, has one of the best days of her life at the end of the story.
Readers Response: According to Havighurst's theory of developmental tasks, George would be an excellent book to provide a YA who is working on the task of "defining their appropriate sex roles." To find out more information on transgender children and youth visit
http://www.hrc.org/explore/topic/transgender-children-youth
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