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Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, April 2001
Revised & updated Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN-10: 0689846886
ISBN-13: 9780689846885
Grades: 5 and up
Ledger-Enquirer, October 14, 2011
...in hell. Um, help? You get some of Chuck’s trademark repetition: each chapter begins with the up-front Judy Blume ripoff “Are you there, Satan? It’s me, Madison” and she also repeatedly assures us that even though she’s 13, she ...
Star-Telegram, October 11, 2011
...many of her books as her fans want to carry in. "One time, however, somebody handed me a Judy Blume book and asked me to sign it," Quinn says. "That's where I draw the line!" Just Like Heaven is the first in a new series set in ...
Style Weekly, October 4, 2011
...the market because it had already been rejected by the market." A chance encounter with famous author Judy Blume, someone Jones now labels her fairy godmother, led to an agent at Algonquin, which published the book. In addition to ...
Teacher Magazine, October 1, 2011
...through this guest post. I like to think of my new book, The Downside of Being Up , as Judy Blume for boys. Simply put, it's a coming of age novel and the truth is, what could be more coming of age than going through puberty? Yes, I ...
KansasCity.com, October 1, 2011
...it didnt take long for me to graduate to late nights under the covers reading the likes of Judy Blume and Shel Silverstein by flashlight. By sixth grade, I added Stephen King to the list. These are the books that helped me fall in love with ...
Cleveland Live, January 7, 2010
...is an offbeat look at life from a tween’s point of view, (in some ways reminiscent of Judy Blume’s “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing”) and elicits a lot of laughs from my three sons. The book is available at the Children’s Desk. ...
Penn State Daily Collegian, January 6, 2010
...think of many other authors who are deserving of this award, save for perhaps J.K. Rowling or Judy Blume. Luckily, the Center for the Book now has two more years for rumination. Until then, long live the literature of Katherine Paterson! - ...
Salon, December 19, 2009
...given the darkness of the times, both within the book's pages and out here in the world. Judy Blume, children's book author, most recently of "Soupy Saturdays With the Pain and the Great One" What I look for, what I always hope for, ...
Bookslut, December 8, 2009
...have a favorite challenged or banned book? I think that one of my favorite books is Forever... by Judy Blume. I read that book when I was a teenager. That book was so upfront about sex. It took all the shame and embarrassment out of sex. And ...
Mail Online UK, December 1, 2009
...Roberts liked it so much that she snapped up the film rights. A genius of another kind is Judy Blume - I can hardly tell you how much I love JB, and how much she meant to me as a teenager. Her books defined my childhood: they were passed ...
Washington Post, November 11, 2009
...were you?," kid-lit expert Leonard S. Marcus conveys a sense of 13 writers (including other favorites like Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary and Sharon Creech) and their influences, their books and even their writing habits. (The funniest image may ...
Washington Post, November 11, 2009
...were you?," kid-lit expert Leonard S. Marcus conveys a sense of 13 writers (including other favorites like Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary and Sharon Creech) and their influences, their books and even their writing habits. (The funniest image may ...
Huffington Post, October 27, 2009
...Last Monday night I attended a benefit -- A Night of Comedy with Judy Blume & Friends to celebrate Free Speech and Benefit the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC). Judy's children's books are often censored and I am told her books ...
Dayton Daily News, August 31, 2009
...Festival in Washington, scheduled for Sept. 26. Other famous authors expected to participate include James Patterson, Marilynne Robinson, Judy Blume, John Grisham, Junot Diaz, Colson Whitehead, Jeannette Walls, and Julia Glass. The event, ...
Lawrence Journal-World, August 31, 2009
...gifted/talented girls, old-fashioned girls and romance. Other titles include ?Are You There, God? It?s Me, Margaret? by Judy Blume, ?The Westing Game? by Ellen Raskin, ?Island of the Blue Dolphins? by Scott O?Dell and ?Fifteen? by ...
Quad-Cities Online, August 30, 2009
...references -- especially sexual ones -- when you originally read the books. I certainly missed a lot in Judy Blume's 'Then Again, Maybe I Won't.' A. Sure, you might miss a joke, but the point is that book is really about much more. It's ...
Lake Wylie Pilot, August 20, 2009
...references - especially sexual ones - when you originally read the books. I certainly missed a lot in Judy Blume's 'Then Again, Maybe I Won't.'A. Sure, you might miss a joke, but the point is that book is really about much more. It's about ...
PublishersWeekly.com, July 17, 2009
...Hunger Games... ...until there weren't any more to be had. At the Penguin booth, Sarah Dessen and Judy Blume shared a hug. Over at Sterling, author Tammi Sauer (center) and Sterling's Chris Vaccari (l.) and Meredith Wasinger got into the ...
Star-Telegram, July 14, 2009
...Kids will enjoy the timeless feel of this book, as well as the humorous rhyming words. Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume Dutton Children?s Books, 1990 For ages 8-12 Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume is a page-turning summer adventure that takes place ...
San Francisco Chronicle, June 11, 2009
...edition, which will feature essays from more big-name contributors. The latest to sign on: children's book author Judy Blume. Oh, and Nalebuff is only 18 and taking a break from school before beginning her studies at Yale, where her father ...
Examiner.com, May 15, 2009
...with Simon and Schuster, and a chance to work with esteemed editor and publisher Richard Jackson, who introduced Judy Blume to generations of readers. Oaks, who serves fine wine at a French bistro, teaches at U of C, and is part of the story ...
NPR, May 4, 2009
...with a willowy straight girl named Sally. In a confessional style that's part Robert Crumb and part Judy Blume, Schrag explores teenage sexuality in a frank and often heartbreaking way. Sally genuinely loves Ariel, but their physical ...
South Coast Today, May 2, 2009
...feel like they're getting away with something by reading these books. I think that goes back to Judy Blume or even Beverly Cleary. Both wrote about kids who acted in a way that was both audacious and realistic. That's what I strive for. ...
Time Out Hong Kong, April 29, 2009
...around as a novel for young adults. She had a friend in Richard Jackson, the editor who brought Judy Blume?s classic novel into the world. Jackson was retiring but decided to take on Oaks?s novel, which emboldened the new author, who had ...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, April 29, 2009
... by Judy Blume When you're young, everything seems like it will last forever. 'Forever' by Judy Blume was a controversial book of the '70s. Blume writes a story about a teen ...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, April 29, 2009
...Buy the Book: When you're young, everything seems like it will last forever. ?Forever?? by Judy Blume was a controversial book of the '70s. Blume writes a story about a teen romance that leads to sexual curiosity and exploration. I think ...
SignOn San Diego, April 26, 2009
...with books, in thinking imaginatively. ?In the development of teen or young adult fiction,? he continues, ?writers like Judy Blume, going back to the '70s, began to write books that dealt with the physical and emotional development of young ...
Miami Herald, April 4, 2009
...the magic pants. ''I grew up in a time where we had such great young adult authors, like Judy Blume. I remember how intensely I connected to those books when I read them,'' said Brashares, a Maryland native who spent childhood vacations in ...
Ancaster News via, April 3, 2009
...to a better place through literature. An avid writer since age seven, Ms. Fletcher loved reading novels by Judy Blume. She also wrote in her spare time, using words as therapy to create an alternate reality different from her own. âI really ...
Dayton Daily News, February 13, 2009
...not necessarily by attitude. What was your favorite book growing up? Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume Where are you from and where do the books take place? Kinney grew up in suburban Maryland and now lives in suburban New ...
Globe Investor, February 10, 2009
...bad grammar. - 2009 Canada Reads nominee Brian Francis and writer-provocateur Derek McCormack read from dog-eared copies of Judy Blume's touching and uncompromisingly honest coming-of-age novels. Five of Blume's books are among the 100 most ...
School Library Journal, February 9, 2009
...Coalition Against Censorship. Despite this, however, 80 percent say those challenges havent affected their book-buying decisions. Even so, Judy Blume, one of the most banned childrens authors in the United States, says its impossible to ...
School Library Journal, February 1, 2009
...Coalition Against Censorship. Despite this, however, 80 percent say those challenges havent affected their book-buying decisions. Even so, Judy Blume, one of the most banned childrens authors in the United States, says its impossible to ...
Wayne State University South End, January 29, 2009
...Evolution of a Sigh: A Night of Prose and Poetry.? A fifth grader writing a book report on Judy Blume?s ?Forever? would seem perfectly normal, right? What if it was a 10-year-old boy, who not only wrote about the love and sex life of the ...
Judy Blume's Books
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Forever . . .Forever... is a timeless classic about first love and sexual awakening from beloved author Judy Blume.Read More
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Forever . . .There's a first for everything. When you build up something in your mind -- really imagine it, wish for it -- sometimes, when it actually happens,...Read More
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The Pain and the Great One"The Pain" and "The Great One" are not their real names. But you may know their voices. When this girl, age eight, and this boy, age six, tell all...Read More
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It's Not the End of the WorldKaren couldn't tell Mrs. Singer why she had to have her Viking diorama out of the sixthgrade showcase. She felt like yelling, To keep my parents from...Read More
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Iggie's HouseIggie's house just wasn't the same. Iggie was gone, moved to Tokyo. And there was Winnie, cracking her gum on Grove Street, where she'd always lived,...Read More
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Places I Never Meant To Be"What effect does [the climate of censorship] have on a writer?....It's chilling. It's easy to become discouraged, to second-guess everything you...Read More
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