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Struggling with her identity, Melissa feels trapped in a body that others perceive as a boy named George. Despite her true self being a girl, she fears revealing this secret. When her class play, Charlotte's Web, offers her a chance to express herself, her teacher's refusal to let her audition for the role of Charlotte ignites her determination. With the support of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa devises a plan not only to secure the role but also to reveal her true identity to the world.

Profound, moving, and - as Charlotte would say - radiant, this book will stay with anyone lucky enough to find it."- Publishers Weekly, starred review for GEORGE Rick's never questioned much. He's tagged along with his best friend Jeff, even when Jeff's acted like a bully. He's let his Dad joke with him about girls, even though it makes him feel uncomfortable. Everyone around him seems to think that they've figured him out. But the truth is, Rick hasn't given his own identity much thought. Now Rick's in middle school, and it's a place of new possibilities. With the help of his new friends that he meets at the Rainbow Spectrum club, Rick embarks on a journey to find out who he truly is. An inspiring story about finding your place in the world.

Alex Gino, the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of George, is back with another sensitive tale based on increasingly relevant social justice issues.

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 have to overcome the presumption on the part of their teacher that only straight males are eligible.

From the bestselling author of MELISSA, a new book putting a non-binarykid named Green at centre stage.