as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do their homework, and try not to ant. They're nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity.

and all the steps you and the people around you need to take in order to get where you need to be. Even if it means breaking some old friendships and making some new ones.As they did in their groundbreaking novel Melissa, in Rick, award-winning author Alex Gino explores what it means to search for your own place in the world. One of them leads to the school's Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities congregate, including Melissa, the girl who sits in front of Rick in class and seems to have her life together. And he hasn't given his own identity much thought, because everyone else around him seemed to have figured it out.But now Rick's gotten to middle school, and new doors are opening. father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. “Readers going through a similar experience will feel that they are no longer alone, and cisgender (non-transgender) readers may gain understanding and empathy.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. “A timely book for parents to share and discuss with their children. “Gino’s debut novel is a sensitive, insightful portrayal of a transgender child coming to terms with gender identity.”- Booklist, starred review “A required purchase for any collection that serves a middle-grade population.” – School Library Journal, starred review “Warm, funny, and inspiring.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Profound, moving, and-as Charlotte would say-radiant, this book will stay with anyone lucky enough to find it.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review Not just so she can be Charlotte-but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part.because she's a boy. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. But the fourth-grader knows she's not a boy.

When people look at George, they think they see a boy. Winner of a Lambda Literary Award and a Stonewall Award (American Library Association)

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