66 pages • 2 hours read
Alex GinoGeorge
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Discuss the motif and symbol of the bathroom in Gino’s novel.
How does Gino present the experience of coming out as transgender?
What is the role of secrecy and shame in George?
Discuss the role of communication and miscommunication in the novel.
Discuss the role of fantasy, art, and the imagination in George’s experience of coming out.
How does Gino present tropes of masculinity and femininity in relation to George’s experience? Further, how might George’s experience of gender impact traditional, heteronormative views on the subject?
In what ways does Gino show that the responsibility for equal rights for transgender people is everyone’s?
How does Gino show a conflict between the natural and the normal in George’s struggle to express herself and be accepted?
In your opinion, does George have a happy ending? How does Gino show that happiness and uncertainty can coexist in the same moment?
How does Gino show the limitations of traditional gender roles, not just for George, but for the other characters in the book?
