George

Gino, A. ( 2015). George. New York, NY: Scholastic.

George is a girl trapped in a boy's body.  She wants nothing more than to let  her true self out.  After her fourth grade class reads Charlotte's Web, they are going to perform the play.  George wants to play the part of Charlotte  the spider and practices with her best friend Kelly before the auditions.  But when she auditions in front of her teacher, the teacher says no because she is a boy.  George is disappointed and doesn't want to play a part, so decides to be a stage hand.  Her best friend Kelly gets the role of Charlotte.  Kelly comes up with a plan for George to perform the role of Charlotte at the evening performance of the play, and she does.  Everyone tells George what a wonderful job she did.  George's mother is not very supportive at first, but finally accepts the fact that George's true self is a girl.

This is a book about being true to yourself, no matter who you are.  In this age of acceptance of others, this is a transgender book to show the importance of accepting others for who they truly are.