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Melissa
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Click here to see the former cover Melissa (formerly published as George) is a novel by Alex Gino, a genderqueer author who uses they/them pronouns, first published in 2015 by Scholastic. It was retitled in April 2022 due to the author's regret over deadnaming the main character.When people look at George, everyone sees a boy. But George knows she is actually a girl. She likes looking at fashion magazines, but she keeps these a secret from her family, not ready to tell her older brother, Scott, or her single mother about her gender. When her teacher, Ms. Udell, encourages the children to audition for roles in the school’s production of Charlotte’s Web, George desperately wants to play Charlotte the spider, though Ms. Udell won’t let her because Ms. Udell still sees her as a boy and thinks that boys can’t play Charlotte. With the help of her best friend Kelly, George finds a way to not only play Charlotte, but also let everyone know who she really is, which is a girl named Melissa.A companion novel, Rick, was released in 2020, centering around one of Melissa’s middle school classmates who struggles with his sexuality.A third novel in the series (called the Melissa/Rainbow Spectrum Universe), titled Green (2023) is in progress. It was released on October 3, 2023. | |
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Parental Fashion Veto | |
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Parental Fashion Veto: A version of this occurs when Melissa’s mom finds her stash of fashion magazines and confiscates them. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Melissa’s mom is a single mother, and her dad is revealed to have left the family three years before the story starts. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Melissa's older brother Scott is a little rude, abrasive and irresponsible but after Melissa opens up to him about being a girl, Scott is totally understanding and accepting of his sibling being trans. | |
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Gender Reveal | |
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Gender Reveal: Happens twice to Melissa. Once when she confesses to Kelly about her gender identity and again when she comes out as transgender to her mother. | |
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Children's Literature | |
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Children's Literature: Melissa is in fourth grade, which is roughly the age of the target audience. | |
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Mistaken for Gay | |
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Mistaken for Gay: Before they properly understand Melissa’s gender identity, her mother and brother think she is merely a homosexual boy, which she later corrects as she figures out what “transgender” means to her. | |
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Trans Tribulations | |
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Trans Tribulations: The story is about the struggles of a trans girl trying to let the world know who she is. | |
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School Play | |
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School Play: The kids are putting on a production of the classic tale Charlotte's Web. Several scenes are dedicated to the production of the stage play and the performance gets a good amount of page time. | |
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Coming-Out Story | |
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Coming-Out Story: By finding a way to make her mother, teacher, and classmates accept her as Charlotte, Melissa is able to come out to them as transgender as well. Her arc throughout the story is figuring out what being a girl means to her, as well as being accepted for who she truly is. | |
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Doesn't Know Their Own Child | |
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Doesn't Know Their Own Child: Melissa’s mom, for the first half or so of the book, has no idea that her youngest identifies as female, and goes through a period of shock after realizing this. | |
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Slice of Life | |
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Slice of Life: As this is a contemporary story, the major conflict is Melissa’s struggles to be accepted as a girl and dealing with various character’s reactions to her gender. | |
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LGBT Awakening | |
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LGBT Awakening: A variant on this trope; accidentally discovering a fashion magazine in the recycling at the library was the start of Melissa’s secret collection, leading her to realize that she was really a girl. | |
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Best Friend | |
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Best Friend: Kelly and Melissa are best friends. | |
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Rule of Symbolism | |
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Rule of Symbolism: Gino believes the narration using she/her pronouns for Melissa, while still calling her the masculine name 'George,' reflects the disconnect trans people feel from their bodies and societal perceptions. | |
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Alliterative Name: Melissa Mitchell and her Old Friend Rick Ramsey in the sequel. | |
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Character Title: Both this novel and its sequel Rick are titled after their respective protagonists. | |
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Innocently Insensitive: Kelly defends Melissa wanting to play a girl role by saying it's not like she wants to be a girl...even though she does. In fact, part of the reason Melissa wants to play Charlotte is because it would be a way for the world to finally see her as female. | |
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