Characters
Plot
Messages
Settings
100

The main character in the book, confused about his or her gender

What is George

100

George paints ______ on Jeff, prompting the fight

What is Some Jerk

100

What Alex Gino is trying to convey about Bullying

What is That bullying is very harmful to people, especially young kids, and can cause mental health problems that people shouldn't have to go through

100

The location where George starts to come out of her shell

The school play of "Charlotte's Web"

200

George's Best friend, helps George play Charlotte in the play

What is Kelly
200

The scheme Kelly and George pull off in the play

What is George playing Charlotte

200

The message Alex Gino is trying to send about friendship

What is that friends should help each other overcome difficulties in life and friends should not stop being friends based on each others gender identity

200

The location where George has most of her anxiety about being a girl

What is George's elementary school

300

George's main bully, picks a fight with George

What is Jeff

300

The moment when George tells Scott that George thinks she is a girl

What is dinner at Arnie's

300

The message that Alex Gino is trying to send about family

What is that family's should continue to support each other despite family members decisions even if it is on a tough topic like LGBTQ identification

300

The location where George feels she can be at peace with her "friends"

The bathroom in George's home where she reads her secret magazines
400

George's brother, who acts as a stereotypical freshman in high school boy  

What is Scott

400

The item that George's mom takes from her, it eventually helps George begin a conversation about being a girl but in the moment crushes George

The denim bag fully of magazines meant for girls

400

Alex Gino's message on acceptance

What is that people should be accepting of people no matter how different they are
400

The location where George becomes very upset when Ms. Udell tells her she can not be Charlotte because she is a boy

The school hallway, when auditioning for the play

500

George's teacher who will not let her be Charlotte in the play because she is a boy

What is Ms. Udell

500

The location Kelly's uncle takes Kelly and George where George fully expresses herself for the first time

What is the The Brooklyn Zoo

500

Alex Gino's message on gender

What is that gender is something a person can choose and just because someone chooses their not natural gender does not mean they are gay or lesbian

500

The location of George's "personal secret"

The woman's restroom in the Brooklyn Zoo

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