Alex Gino’s children’s novel George retitled Melissa ‘to respect trans heroine’

Writer says they had not realised they should speak up about the title when the book was first published, but it will henceforth take the heroine’s female nameAlex Gino’s award-winning children’s novel about a trans girl, George, is being renamed Melissa, after Gino and publisher Scholastic said they made a mistake in titling it with a name “the main character does not like or want to use for herself”.Published in 2015, the novel follows the story of trans fourth grader Melissa, who is seen by everyone as a boy named George, but who decides to reveal who she really is by playing the role of Charlotte in her class play, Charlotte’s Web. It won the American novelist, whose pronouns are they and them, literary prizes including the Children’s Stonewall award, the Lambda literary award, and a Children’s Choice book award. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-11-02 14:38:09 UTC ]
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Ringo Starr will adapt 'Octopus's Garden' as a children's book

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NSA surveillance puts George Orwell's '1984' on bestseller lists

Big Brother is watching. And people are reading.Big Brother is watching. And people are reading. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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