From the award-winning author of MELISSA, a sweet and tart story about unexpected friendship and family reconciliation.THIS IS NOT THE SUMMER CHRIS HAD PLANNED...Chris does not want to be spending the summer with her grandparents and her little sister. Her grandparents aren't bad -- they just don't let Chris do what she wants to do, which is sit around and read all day. And her sister, Becca, is the opposite, never sitting still and never b...

From the bestselling author of MELISSA, a new book putting a non-binary kid named Green at center stage.CRUSHES ARE CONFUSING.Green is very lucky. They've got a supportive dad, friendly neighbors, and good friends. They've figured out a lot of things... but they can’t figure out what to do about Ronnie.Ronnie's a boy who's been in Green's class for awhile. He's sweet. Funny. And lately, Green's heart has raced a little faster whenev...

Rick staat er nooit echt bij stil wie hij nou precies is. Hij is toch gewoon zichzelf? Tot hij naar de brugklas gaat. Daar blijft iedereen maar aan hem vragen of hij al leuke meiden of jongens heeft ontmoet. Maar Rick vindt niemand op die manier leuk en kan zich niet voorstellen dat dat ooit gaat gebeuren. Als hij merkt dat hij anders is dan anderen, gaat hij op zoek naar antwoorden op zijn vragen. Net als in het baanbrekende 'George', beschrijft Alex Gino wat het betekent om je eigen plek...

BE WHO YOU ARE.When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.Melissa 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. Melissa 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, Melissa comes up...

From the award-winning author of Melissa, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend.Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend, Jeff, even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable. And he hasn't given his own identity much thought, ...

From the award-winning author of Melissa, a phenomenal novel about queerness past, present, and future.Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They're nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam's family is very cool with it… as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do their homework, and try not to antagonize their teachers too much.The teacher-respect thing is hard when i...

Alex Gino, the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Melissa, is back with another sensitive tale based on increasingly relevant social justice issues.Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister, Emma, is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. The world is going to treat Jilly, who is white and hearing, differently from Emma, just as it will treat them both differently from their Black cousins.A big fantasy reader, Jilly m...

»Read this.« John GreenGeorge ist zehn Jahre alt, geht in die vierte Klasse, liebt die Farbe Rosa und liest heimlich Mädchenzeitschriften, die sie vor ihrer Mutter und ihrem großen Bruder versteckt. Denn alle um sie herum denken, dass George ein Junge ist, weil sie einen Jungskörper, eine Jungsfrisur und einen Jungsnamen hat. Fast verzweifelt sie daran! Denn sie ist ein Mädchen! Und sie möchte Melissa heißen! Bisher hat sie sich noch nicht getraut, mit jemandem dar...

Anteriormente publicado como George, Melissa conta a emocionante e inspiradora história de uma menina que sabe quem ela é, mas as pessoas que a olham insistem em dizer o contrário. Vencedor do Children's Stonewall Award e do Children's Choice Book Award.Quando as pessoas olham para Melissa, acham que veem um menino chamado George. Mas ela sabe que não é um menino. Sabe que é uma menina.Melissa acha que vai ter que guardar esse seg...

Una obra que reflexiona sobre la identitat de gènere amb una sensibilitat extraordinària.Quan la gent mira la Melissa pensen que veuen un nen anomenat George. Però ella sap que no és un nen. Ella sap que és una nena. La Melissa pensa que haurà de mantenir això en secret per sempre. Un dia, la seva mestra anuncia que l'obra de teatre que representarà la classe serà Charlotte's Web. A la Melissa no hi ha res que li faci més il·lusió que fer de Charlotte. Per...

From the award-winning author of MELISSA, a sweet and tart story about unexpected friendship and family reconciliation.Chris does not want to be spending the summer with their grouchy grandmother and social butterfly sister. But they don't really have a choice, once their mom leaves them at Grandmother's house. They can, however, try to escape whenever they want to -- into the woods, where they encounter another kid who is the friend they need to survive the summer...

Melissa is een meisje. Dat weet ze zelf. Toch ziet de buitenwereld haar als een jongen, omdat ze nu eenmaal met een jongenslichaam -geboren is. Als ze met de klas een toneelstuk van haar lievelingsboek gaan opvoeren, wil Melissa supergraag de hoofdrol van Charlotte spelen. Maar ze mag van de juf niet eens auditie doen... omdat ze een jongen is. Samen met haar beste vriendin Kelly bedenkt Melissa een plan. -Zodat ze niet alleen Charlotte kan zijn, maar vooral zichzelf, voor eens en altijd. ...