Sinister: Judy Blume

[Matthew A. Neimark]

Her books were amongst the first I read.  I remember tales of a 4th grade nothing (about a boy whose younger brother is driving him crazy and eats his pet turtle), Then again Maybe I won't (about a 7th or 8th grader who is beginning to have wet dreams), and Blubber (about a girl everyone at school makes fun of).  The books were poignantly well written, and reflected preteen life very well.  In some ways, I think she might be described as a preteen Vonnegut (especially in then again where she uses that "then again maybe I won't" device over and over.

And So it Goes,

Matt 

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