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George / Alex Gino.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: 195 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780545812542
  • 0545812542
  • 9780545880060
  • 0545880068
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.G566 Geo 2015
  • PS3607.I4582 G46 2015
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. I Secrets -- ch. II Charlotte Dies -- ch. III Acting Is Just Pretend -- ch. IV Anticipation -- ch. V Auditions -- ch. VI Taken -- ch. VII Time Drags When You're Miserable -- ch. VIII Some Jerk -- ch. IX Dinner at Arnie's -- ch. X Transformations -- ch. XI Invitations.
Awards:
  • Stonewall Book Award, Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's Literature Award, 2016
  • NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children Recommended Book, 2016
  • Rainbow Book List Award, 2016
  • Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2016.
Summary: "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 know who she is, once and for all"--
List(s) this item appears in: Banned Books
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Circulating Book Collection Circulating Book Collection Albright College Library Stacks General collection 813.6 G493g 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31856002489902
Total holds: 0

Machine generated contents note: ch. I Secrets -- ch. II Charlotte Dies -- ch. III Acting Is Just Pretend -- ch. IV Anticipation -- ch. V Auditions -- ch. VI Taken -- ch. VII Time Drags When You're Miserable -- ch. VIII Some Jerk -- ch. IX Dinner at Arnie's -- ch. X Transformations -- ch. XI Invitations.

"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 know who she is, once and for all"--

Grades 3 - 7

Middle School.

790 Lexile

Accelerated Reader 5.0

Reading Counts! 5.2

Stonewall Book Award, Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's Literature Award, 2016

NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children Recommended Book, 2016

Rainbow Book List Award, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2016.

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