George by Alex Gino
George by Alex Gino George is a fourth-grader who desperately wants to play Charlotte in the school play of Charlott'es Web. The only problem is that the part will only be given to a girl and everyone thinks that George is a boy. But George knows she's a girl. George is bullied in school by Jeff and Rick who pick on George and call him a girl and a freak. George's friend, Kelly, also doesn't understand that she's really a girl uncomfortable in her boy's body. Living with her mother and older brother, Scott, George hides "girl's magazines" and looks at them in secret, afraid that if they are found, her mother will know her secret, which she is ashamed to let be known. When auditions for the play come around George and Kelly both read for the part. George's teacher tells her she has to be a girl in order to get the part. George is crushed and decides not to accept any part, but to be one of the crew members. Throughout the story George comes ou...