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1 " She had genuinely started to believe that if people could see her onstage as Charlotte, maybe they would see that she was a girl offstage too. "
― Alex Gino , George
2 " My point is, it takes a special person to cry over a book. It shows compassion as well as imagination...Don't ever lose that "
3 " George stopped. It was such a short, little question, but she couldn't make her mouth form the sounds. Mom, what if I'm a girl? "
4 " She’s always going on about how we’re not supposed to let people’s expectations limit our choices. "
5 " She looked in the mirror and gasped. Melissa gasped back at her. For a long time, she stood there, just blinking. George smiled, and Melissa smiled too. "
6 " The play passed by quickly, and yet it seemed to George as though she had been onstage since the beginning of time, as if she were born there and had only now found herself where she had always been. "
7 " where Mom’s eyes were filled with concern and confusion, Scott looked at George as if his sibling made sense to him for the first time. George had never been gladder to have an older brother. "
8 " SUPPORT SAFE SPACES FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER YOUTH. Reading "
9 " Well, you can’t control who your children are, but you can certainly support them, am I right?” Principal Maldonado’s earrings sparkled in the auditorium light. "
10 " Trying to be a boy is really hard. "
11 " She told Kelly about her bag of girls’ magazines, and about Mom taking it. “But that’s not fair!” Kelly was indignant. “You didn’t steal them! What right does she have to take them from you?” “Sometimes transgender people don’t get rights.” George had read on the Internet about transgender people being treated unfairly. “That’s awful.” “I know. "
12 " The play will begin at six sharp. Parents and family, I hope you'll stay for the PTA meeting that will follow." A few parents coughed in response. George knew that coughing was the adult equivalent of groaning. "
13 " Artists are never appreciated at lunchtime," Kelly mumbled as she stuffed her camera into her pocket. "
14 " His words crawled under her skin, settling deep into the crevices of her bones. Without "
15 " She looked in the mirror and gasped. Melissa gasped back at her. For a long time, she stood there, just blinking. George smiled, and Melissa smiled too. When "
16 " Scott looked at George as if his sibling made sense to him for the first time. George had never been gladder to have an older brother. "
17 " Girl problems?” Scott asked, his eyes focused on the television screen as the cloud creature announced the start of the next course. “No,” George said. She knew that wasn’t true. Being a secret girl was a giant problem. "
18 " She immersed her body in the warm water and tried not to think about what was between her legs, but there it was, bobbing in front of her. "
19 " Você é forte. Mas o mundo nem sempre é bom com as pessoas que são diferentes. Só não quero que você torne seu caminho mais difícil do que precisa ser "
20 " Someday, somehow, George would have to tell Mom that she was a girl. But this was not that day. And as for how, she had no idea. "
