Review: George

George by Alex Gino
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

George is biologically a boy, but knows herself to be a girl emotionally. It's a tricky line he walks at school and and home. When her 4th grade class play is Charlotte's Web, George wants more than anything to play the role of Charlotte -- a part that's only available to the girls in her class.

This book is important because of it's subject matter. I am not aware of any other middle grade book that deals with the subject of transgender children. I think the story went on too long, and I think too many of the characters were unrealistic. George's brother was a stereotype of a boy, and her friend Kelly was way too good to be true. This book is most important for opening up difficult conversations.

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