It sort of makes sense in a way that Melissa is still discovering her identity through the book (also why she is referred to as George in much of the book) but I personally still struggled with the title being George. I found it extremely odd that the title of the book is George and not Melissa. But the school policies are clear - only those assigned girls at birth can audition for Charlotte's role.īefore I go further into this review, I want to mention something about the title. When her school starts auditions for the play Charlotte's Web, Melissa wants to be Charlotte. But this is easier said than done, considering she has been working up the courage to let her mom know about it but has not been able to talk about it.
Melissa is a transgender girl who simply wants the people around her to stop seeing her as a boy. It was such a short, little question, but she couldn't make her mouth form the sounds. Warmest congratulations to my authors Alex Gino, Stephanie Oakes and Don Brown.George stopped. ĪNYWAY, I can now confirm that if you are an agent who has clients who win awards, it's EVEN MORE exciting. Even in years where I know for a fact that I have nothing that is eligible for one of these awards, just being in the room where they are announced is a positively electrifying experience. Now, I am happily part of the nerdy book crew that gets to the convention center at 6:30 am to be in the front of the line. I have been obsessed with the ALA awards (the most famous of which are the Newbery and Caldecott) since I was a kid I remember loving a certain homework assignment where we had a poster on which we had to check off a certain number of Newbery books, because I smoked everyone else in my class. The most exciting part of Midwinter for me is the ALA Youth Media Awards announcements. Now, not a lot of authors come to Midwinter, but luckily, I even got to meet three of my very cool clients for the very first time!
I saw old friends and new, talked to lots of editors and librarians and authors, and scoped out all the amazing books that are soon-to-be published. I had a great time at the American Library Association's midwinter conference in Boston this year.
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