In spite of the title, this book isn't about George: it's about Melissa, the fourth-grade girl who people think is a boy. She knows she isn't, that she's really a girl, but she hasn't found the courage to tell anyone that yet. 
 This isn't a book ABOUT being transgender. It's a book about Melissa knowing who she is and sharing that understanding with the people she loves. It's about Melissa dealing with the disappointment of being told she can't play Charlotte in her class's production of Charlotte's Web. It's about a 9-year-old girl who had to deal with far more than most of us ever will, and the belief that she'll come out the other side with her identity intact. 
 I may like the idea of this book more than I liked the book, and I seer this landing on all kinds of summer lists for next year. Either way, I'm glad it exists.