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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...

    FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Publisher: Simon & Schuster Price: $11.99 Pages:  359 Genre: LGBT+ , Coming of Age Year: 2014 CONTENT The story follows the development of a deep friendship between two Mexican-American boys in their teenage years. It plays in 1987 . MY REVIEW Can we talk about that magnificently stunning cover for a second? Staring at the cover made me dream about the universe and I'm just utterly in love with it. I love the font and the colours.. it's such an eyecatcher. Before I read the book I only knew that it was a LGBT+ book, nothing else. I think it is definitely important to know that the plot isn't set in modern day but in 1987 . I did not know that before and had therefore a bit different expectation. I wanted to love the book so bad because everyone on Bookstagram adored it and also because I'm very mu...