CBR15 Bingo: Bodies, Bodies – When Melissa was born everyone assumed she was a boy because of her body. Melissa is a girl but no one else knows she is, as it was assumed at birth she was a boy. As a result, she was given the name of George. Melissa is her secret name, admitted only to herself. We are introduced to Melissa while her 4th grade classroom is reading Charlotte’s Web. Melissa is moved to tears when Charlotte dies and the boys in […]
To help create a more empathetic society, this should be mandatory reading for middle grade readers (and everyone else, honestly)
Melissa by Alex Gino