TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gino,Alex
TI  - Melissa
SN  - 9780545812542
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Middle school students
KW  - Bullying
KW  - Bullies
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Gender role
KW  - sears
KW  - Transgender children
KW  - Theater
KW  - Schools
KW  - LGBTQ+ fiction
KW  - csd
N1  - OBOB 2018-2019; Alternative Title Summer 2021 - Author requested that character's deadname no longer be the title of the book; School Library Journal starred, July 2015; Booklist starred, August 2015; Pub Weekly, May 2015; Kirkus Starred, June 2015; New York Times, September 2015; Horn Book, September 2015; 4.7; 3-6; 790L; Lexile; Z; Fountas
N2  - When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy. 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 with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all
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