Alex Gino
1) Melissa
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English
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Previously published as George by Scholastic Press in 2015. The author changed the title to Melissa, effective retroactively. "When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. Melissa 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. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the...
2) Rick
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Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt...
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Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum--but they...
5) Green
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English
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From the bestselling author of MELISSA, a new book putting a non-binary kid named Green at center stage.
Middle-grade superstar author Alex Gino returns to the world they began with MELISSA and RICK with GREEN, the story of a non-binary middle-schooler named Green who comes into their own in no small part by fighting for gender-free casting in their school's production of THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Praise for Melissa:
Winner of the Stonewall Award
Winner...
6) George
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English
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George joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!
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...
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Cuando la gente ve a George, cree que es un niño. Pero ella sabe que no es verdad. George sabe que es una niña.
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self.
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Deutsch
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"Ich bin kein Junge, ich bin ein Mädchen", würde George am liebsten laut schreien, wenn ihre Mutter "Mein Junge" zu ihr sagt. Aber sie traut sich nicht. Noch nicht einmal ihre beste Freundin weiß, was mit ihr los ist. Aber eines Tages entscheidet George, dass alle es wissen sollen ...
George erzählt vom Anderssein, von Träumen und Wünschen und macht Mut, seinen eigenen Weg zu gehen. Zu sein, wer man ist.
Der Musiker Rainer Bielfeldt begleitet...
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English
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BE WHO YOU ARE.
When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.
Melissa 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. Melissa 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,...