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“Through all kinds of weather
What if the sky should fall
Just as long as we're together
It doesn't matter at all”
― Judy Blume, Just as Long as We're Together
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“Come on, who wouldn’t be nervous about seeing her first love? Who wouldn’t want her old boyfriend to find her attractive? If you don’t want that, you don’t go to high school reunions, you don’t go to the thirty-fifth commemoration of the worst year of your life. Besides, she’s not fifteen anymore. She’s not that girl whose heart was broken on a sunny afternoon in May. She’s a woman, married”
― Judy Blume, In the Unlikely Event
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“Caitlin was fascinated by Vix’s pubic hairs. “Lay down,” she said, “and I’ll count them for you.”
― Judy Blume, Summer Sisters
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“Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent
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Judy Blume
(1938-)
Who Is Judy Blume?
Author Judy Blume began her writing career in the 1960s. She funnen success with the 1970 coming-of-age story Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, and cemented her popularity among young readers with Blubber (1974) and Forever... (1975). A proponent of intellectual freedom, Blume has also penned such books as Wifey (1978) and In the Unlikely Event (2015) for adult audiences.
Early Years
Judy Blume was born Judith Sussman on February 12, 1938, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The second child of Esther, a homemaker, and Rudolph, a dentist, Blume was given the chance to expend her creative energies through an array of activities that included piano and dance lessons. She especially enjoyed reading and constantly made up stories in her head.
After attending the all-girls' Battin High School, Blume was forced to leave Boston University after just two weeks upon contracting mononucleosis. She resumed her education at New York Universi
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Judy Blume
Judy Blume (born Judy Sussman on 12 February1938) is an American author best known for her children's and young adult books.
Quotes
[edit]- Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
- It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
- As quoted in Literature for Today's Young Adults (1997) by Kenneth L. Donelson and Alleen Pace Nilsen, p. 392
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. (1970)
[edit]- Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret....
- We must — we must — we must increase our bust!
- But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?
About Blume
[edit]- My parents rais