Here’s a wonderful book recommendation!
An exclusive sneak-peek of the dust jacket flap text (scribed by yours truly (that’s me)):
“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 show who she is, once and for all.”
Written by Alex Gino, George is a wonderful piece of children’s literature – ripe for great classroom conversations, and very easy to read. This would be a great way to delve into the politics behind book publishing, and the question of censorship in children’s literature – which narratives are/aren’t represented when we write for children, and is all representation good representation?