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(book #7 in my pride month challenge) I finally read George after months of wanting to. I figured pride month was the perfect time to expand the types of books I read, even when it comes to LGBT+ rep. George is the first middle grade book I read since...I don't know honestly, it feels like it's been forever. When rating this I chose to put aside my own feelings regarding the depth of this book because it's obvious that I, a twenty-something year old, need to acknowledge that this book wasn't written for me and I chose to read it knowing perfectly well the protagonist was very young. Melissa is a 9-10 year old girl, but everyone thinks she's a boy. In fact, they all call her George and at the beginning of the book she hasn't told anyone that the name she likes for herself is Melissa. When she auditions as Charlotte for her class play, the teacher doesn't take her seriously and the role is given to her best friend, Kelly. Kelly is the first to whom Melissa tells she's a girl, and Kelly understands her and even thinks of a ploy to have Melissa perform in the play as Charlotte so finally everyone will see that she is a girl. Well, I'm not going to spoil the rest of the book, but I'm so happy with how everything turned out. I like the fact that the term transgender was clearly stated, because a kid reading this might need to have a word to base their research on (if they feel like researching more about this). The friendship between Melissa and Kelly was so sweet and pure and it made me a bit nostalgic of that age because to be perfectly honest everyone should have a friend like Kelly and I didn't have it. At the end of the book (the paperback, but I guess all editions have it) is a FAQ by the author that I found pretty useful and should probably be read by anyone (regardless of them reading the book or not). What I want to add is that I hope that this book is getting into the hands of the intended target audience. It's fine for us adults to read it and revie