Pros: Intensely describes the feelings children have during a divorce. Cons: Realistic enough that it can frighten children whose parents are staying together.
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I must confess, I have some reservations about sending It’s Not the End of the World to you.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good book. I loved it the first time I read it as a teenager and found the book to be...
Pros: The usual Blume pros: realistic characters, good dialogue, believable plot, etc Cons: A little depressing
When I was in elementary school, a teacher told me that Judy Blume claimed she remembered every detail of everything that happened to her since she was about nine years old.
Whether that's true -- or even possible -- is debatable, but it...
Pros: realistic, captivating, tells a childs perspective of the tragedy of divorce Cons: A couple of bad words
Judy Blume's "Its the not the end of the world" is an enticing novel for kids between the ages of 11 and 16. Although it deals with a mature theme- divorce - any teen should had the ability to read it, grasp its message,...
Pros: "You-are-there" feel. Cons: Sometimes, same as above; Blume's allergy to commas!
"Divorce...it's the end of the world," writes Karen Newman in her Day Book. She not only describes each day (when she feels like writing that much), she grades them--and she hasn't had an A+ day in months. And once she finds out her parents are ...
Paperback, Cool Zone With the Pain & the Great One General Fiction - The perfect chapter book! The Pain and the Great One hardly agree on anything. But deep down, they know they can count on each other...
Paperback, Fudge-a-mania Fans young and old will laugh out loud at the irrepressible wit of peter Hatcher, the hilarious antics of mischievous Fudge, and the unbreakable confi...
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