She had no time for George's audition, telling her to stop joking around. I really wanted to see George succeed and perform his Charlotte in front of the audience, but Ms Udell had other ideas. Her best friend Kelly is extremely supportive of George's dream, and together they rehearse Charlotte's lines, ready for auditions. She adores Charlotte, and as her class are putting on a play, she wants nothing more than to play Charlotte. In the book the school are reading Charlotte's Web, something I have never read, but it seemed to really touch George.
This was done through the dialogue and language used, and the insult 'some jerk' that was so young and not insulting that it couldn't help but endear you to George even more. This might seem like a theme that's too old for a child of George's age, but Alex Gino portrayed the child-like innocence that showed George's age. George is only in the fourth grade, yet has an understanding of her gender, that despite what her body is saying, she is a female. Which is why I couldn't wait to start it.įrom the very beginning George is referred to as she and her in the narrative, she's set off as female, despite her anatomy.
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