Book Review: GEORGE by Alex Gino
FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: GEORGE Author: Alex Gino Publisher: Scholastic Price: £6.99 Pages: 215 Genre: LGBTQ - transgender girl, Children's book Year: 2017 BACK OF THE BOOK WHAT IS IT ABOUT? This book is about George, who is 10 years old and looks like a boy but feels like a girl. When her class takes part in a school play of "Charlotte's Web", George wants nothing more but to play the main character, the spider Charlotte. Since this character is supposed to be female, George's teacher doesn't allow George to play Charlotte. This makes George upset and leads to George trying to come to terms with her gender identity and thus coming out to her family and classmates. Ultimately, this book is about George who wants to become Melissa. MY OPINION There is not much text on each page of the book, wherefore it is an extremely quick read and feels a lot like a c...