LGBTQIA+

George is transgender. While she knows her gender identity, everyone else does not. When George’s teacher announces that the class play will be Charlotte’s Web, George sees this as an opportunity to embrace and show who she really is.

When Donovan leaves a novel, The Adventurers, on the kitchen table, his mother checks out this new assigned read by scanning the end. Her interpretation of the ending sets into motion a chain of events that leads to a community meeting pitting those that want to ban the book against those that support its inclusion in the curriculum.

Stevie does what she can to know things. Whether it be creatures lurking in the deep ocean or stars and constellations in the night sky, she understands that knowledge is power. And Stevie’s knowledge gives her strength to quell anxious thoughts and feelings that threaten her peace.