Point of View

The novel is narrated in the third-person past. The narrator follows George closely, delving into her innermost thoughts and feelings. The narrator never dives into other characters’ minds or bodies. Instead, all the narrator’s energy is spent on presenting George with as much care as possible. The mission of the novel is to present a hero for transgender and questioning children. George is always shown in a positive light: she is kind, talented, graceful, beautiful, and completely without flaws. This enables George to be seen as an idealized hero for transgender and questioning children. George is also presented as exceptionally “normal” in an American girl-next-door fashion. She likes chocolate milk and reading Seventeen magazine, wearing pink and reading about makeup. This is intentional as a means to normalize the idea of transgender youth to readers who might be resistant because of the idea that...