![]() ![]() ![]() Her story is heartbreaking, all the more because so many trans kids are struggling now without even as much support as she has. I’ve never wanted to so much for a main character to get everything she wants. There is nothing not to love about GEORGE. But in the end, Melissa takes her part on stage without anyone’s permission, and she simultaneously drops the role of “boy” as she embraces the role of Charlotte. Melissa has a harder time with her mother. ![]() Melissa finally confesses everything to her friend Kelly, who is amazingly supportive and even dresses Melissa in her clothes for a day at the zoo together. She tries out for Charlotte in the school’s production of CHARLOTTE’S WEB, but her teacher doesn’t see that she is a perfect Charlotte. Every time someone calls her “him” or “boy” or “son,” it’s painful. Melissa, who is George to the rest of the world, knows that she is a girl on the inside. ![]()
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