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author spotlight
Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well as children will recognize such Blume titles as: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Blubber; Just as Long as We're Together; and the five book series about the irrepressible Fudge. She has also written three novels for adults, Summer Sisters; Smart Women; and Wifey, all of them New York Times bestsellers. More than 80 million copies of her books have... Read More
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1986
Price: $6.50
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
No one ever told Margaret Simon that eleven-going-on- twelve would be such a hard age. When her family moves to New Jersey, she has to adjust to life in the suburbs, a different school, and a whole new group of friends. Margaret knows she needs someone... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1986
Price: $6.50
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
No one ever told Margaret Simon that eleven-going-on- twelve would be such a hard age. When her family moves to New Jersey, she has to adjust to life in the suburbs, a different school, and a whole new group of friends. Margaret knows she needs someone... Read more >
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Freckle Juice
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 15, 1978
Price: $4.99
Nicky has freckles -- they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Sitting behind him in class, Andrew once counted eighty-six of them, and that was just a start! If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty.
One day... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 15, 1978
Price: $4.99
Nicky has freckles -- they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Sitting behind him in class, Andrew once counted eighty-six of them, and that was just a start! If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty.
One day... Read more >
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Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $5.99
MEET THE PAIN:
My sister's name is Abigail. I call her The Great One because she thinks she's so great. Who cares if she's in third grade and I'm just in first?
MEET THE GREAT ONE:
My brother's name is Jacob Edward, but everyone calls him Jake. Everyone but me. I call him The... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $5.99
MEET THE PAIN:
My sister's name is Abigail. I call her The Great One because she thinks she's so great. Who cares if she's in third grade and I'm just in first?
MEET THE GREAT ONE:
My brother's name is Jacob Edward, but everyone calls him Jake. Everyone but me. I call him The... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Blubber
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1986
Price: $6.50
Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just now. Jill wants to think about Halloween.
But Robby grabs... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1986
Price: $6.50
Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just now. Jill wants to think about Halloween.
But Robby grabs... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio cassette,
unabridged audio CD and an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $5.99
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, especially at school, where it often takes two to figure things out. Like when that first baby tooth falls out on the school bus. Or when an... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $5.99
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, especially at school, where it often takes two to figure things out. Like when that first baby tooth falls out on the school bus. Or when an... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Just as Long as We're Together
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
Rachel is Stephanie's best friend. Since second grade, they've shared secrets, good and bad. Now in seventh grade, Alison moves into the neighborhood. Stephanie hopes all three of them can be best friends, because Stephanie really likes Alison. But it looks as if it's going to be a case of two's... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
Rachel is Stephanie's best friend. Since second grade, they've shared secrets, good and bad. Now in seventh grade, Alison moves into the neighborhood. Stephanie hopes all three of them can be best friends, because Stephanie really likes Alison. But it looks as if it's going to be a case of two's... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
Margaret Simon, almost twelve, has just moved from New York City to the suburbs, and she’s anxious to fit in with her new friends. When she’s asked to join a secret club she jumps at the chance. But when the girls start talking about boys, bras, and getting their first periods... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
Margaret Simon, almost twelve, has just moved from New York City to the suburbs, and she’s anxious to fit in with her new friends. When she’s asked to join a secret club she jumps at the chance. But when the girls start talking about boys, bras, and getting their first periods... Read more >
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Friend or Fiend? with the Pain and the Great One
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $12.99
What’s the difference between a friend and a fiend?
Jake is so embarrassed by a reading circle blunder, he vows never to speak in class again. Abigail believes she can no longer trust one of her best friends. Their teenage cousins have turned into fiends. And on the perfect snow day, who... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $12.99
What’s the difference between a friend and a fiend?
Jake is so embarrassed by a reading circle blunder, he vows never to speak in class again. Abigail believes she can no longer trust one of her best friends. Their teenage cousins have turned into fiends. And on the perfect snow day, who... Read more >
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The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 15, 1982
Price: $4.99
Lately second grader Freddy Dissel has that left-out kind of feeling. Life can be lonely when you're the middle kid in the family who feels like "the peanut butter part of a sandwich," squeezed between an older brother and little sister. But now for the first time it's Freddy's chance to... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 15, 1982
Price: $4.99
Lately second grader Freddy Dissel has that left-out kind of feeling. Life can be lonely when you're the middle kid in the family who feels like "the peanut butter part of a sandwich," squeezed between an older brother and little sister. But now for the first time it's Freddy's chance to... Read more >
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Iggie's House
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1986
Price: $5.99
Winnie Barringer’s best friend, Iggie, has moved away. How is Winnie going to make it through summer vacation?
Then the Garber family moves into Iggie’s House, and Winnie is thrilled. The problem is, not everyone is as welcoming as Winnie. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1986
Price: $5.99
Winnie Barringer’s best friend, Iggie, has moved away. How is Winnie going to make it through summer vacation?
Then the Garber family moves into Iggie’s House, and Winnie is thrilled. The problem is, not everyone is as welcoming as Winnie. Read more >
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Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $12.99
THE PAIN AND the Great One are going places! In these new stories the kids are on the go—the Pain needs a trip to the emergency room; the family goes to the mall and not everyone stays together; the kids visit a county fair and want to ride the Super Slide... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $12.99
THE PAIN AND the Great One are going places! In these new stories the kids are on the go—the Pain needs a trip to the emergency room; the family goes to the mall and not everyone stays together; the kids visit a county fair and want to ride the Super Slide... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Pain and the Great One
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1985
Price: $6.99
An eight-year-old girl, "The Great One," and her six-year-old brother, "The Pain," state their cases about each other and who is best loved by their parents
An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1985
Price: $6.99
An eight-year-old girl, "The Great One," and her six-year-old brother, "The Pain," state their cases about each other and who is best loved by their parents
An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. Read more >
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Tiger Eyes
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 15, 1982
Price: $6.99
Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead—shot in a holdup—and now her mother is moving the family to New Mexico to try to recover.
Climbing in the Los Alamos canyon, Davey meets the mysterious Wolf, who can read Davey’s “sad eyes.” Wolf is the only person... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 15, 1982
Price: $6.99
Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead—shot in a holdup—and now her mother is moving the family to New Mexico to try to recover.
Climbing in the Los Alamos canyon, Davey meets the mysterious Wolf, who can read Davey’s “sad eyes.” Wolf is the only person... Read more >
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $14.99
Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing.
Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing smashed potatoes on walls at Hamburger Heaven, or scribbling all over Peter's homework, he's never far from trouble. He's a two-year-old terror who gets... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $14.99
Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing.
Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing smashed potatoes on walls at Hamburger Heaven, or scribbling all over Peter's homework, he's never far from trouble. He's a two-year-old terror who gets... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Just as Long as We're Together
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
How can you be best friends with someone who keeps secrets from you—important secrets?
Stephanie’s best friend is Rachel. Since second grade they’ve shared everything, good and bad. Now, as they start seventh grade, Stephanie meets Alison, who has just moved to their neighborhood. Stephanie hopes all three of them can be... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
How can you be best friends with someone who keeps secrets from you—important secrets?
Stephanie’s best friend is Rachel. Since second grade they’ve shared everything, good and bad. Now, as they start seventh grade, Stephanie meets Alison, who has just moved to their neighborhood. Stephanie hopes all three of them can be... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1986
Price: $6.50
When Sally’s family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947, she is excited and nervous at the same time. What will school be like in Florida? Will she make any friends? Will she fit in so far away from home?
Miami Beach has so many things to worry and wonder... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1986
Price: $6.50
When Sally’s family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947, she is excited and nervous at the same time. What will school be like in Florida? Will she make any friends? Will she fit in so far away from home?
Miami Beach has so many things to worry and wonder... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Here's to You, Rachel Robinson
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1995
Price: $6.99
Trouble in Rachel's family is spelled with a capital C—for Charles.
From the outside, Rachel looks like the perfect daughter in the perfect family. She’s a straight-A student, a gifted musician, and a good friend. But her older brother, Charles, seems determined to ruin everything. Rachel feels as if it’s all falling... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1995
Price: $6.99
Trouble in Rachel's family is spelled with a capital C—for Charles.
From the outside, Rachel looks like the perfect daughter in the perfect family. She’s a straight-A student, a gifted musician, and a good friend. But her older brother, Charles, seems determined to ruin everything. Rachel feels as if it’s all falling... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Deenie
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
When Deenie finds out that she has scoliosis, she’s scared. When she sees the brace for the first time, she wants to scream.
But the words won’t come out. And Deenie, beautiful Deenie, who everyone says should be a model, is stuck wearing a brace from her neck to her hips. For... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
When Deenie finds out that she has scoliosis, she’s scared. When she sees the brace for the first time, she wants to scream.
But the words won’t come out. And Deenie, beautiful Deenie, who everyone says should be a model, is stuck wearing a brace from her neck to her hips. For... Read more >
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Here's to You, Rachel Robinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1994
Price: $6.50
It's the end of seventh grade, and the stress of trying to be perfect is getting to Rachel. She's tired of being the straight-A student on every teacher's wish list. Plus she's busy dealing with her sister's junior prom mishaps, and harboring a secret crush on her brother's tutor. But most... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1994
Price: $6.50
It's the end of seventh grade, and the stress of trying to be perfect is getting to Rachel. She's tired of being the straight-A student on every teacher's wish list. Plus she's busy dealing with her sister's junior prom mishaps, and harboring a secret crush on her brother's tutor. But most... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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Summer Sisters
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 4, 1999
Price: $7.99
In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard's world changed forever—when Caitlin Somers chose her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomed Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha's Vineyard, a magical, wind-blown island where... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 4, 1999
Price: $7.99
In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard's world changed forever—when Caitlin Somers chose her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomed Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha's Vineyard, a magical, wind-blown island where... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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It's Not the End of the World
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 15, 1982
Price: $6.99
Karen Newman has decided she’ll never get married. Just look at her parents. All they do is fight. And now Karen’s dad has moved out of the house and he and her mom are talking about divorce. Her older brother has locked himself away in his room, her little sister is... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 15, 1982
Price: $6.99
Karen Newman has decided she’ll never get married. Just look at her parents. All they do is fight. And now Karen’s dad has moved out of the house and he and her mom are talking about divorce. Her older brother has locked himself away in his room, her little sister is... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 15, 1975
Price: $6.99
Ever since his dad got rich from an invention and his family moved to a wealthy neighborhood on Long Island, Tony Miglione’s life has been turned upside down. For starters, there’s his new friend, Joel, who shoplifts. Then there’s Joel’s sixteen-year-old sister, Lisa, who gets undressed every night without pulling down... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 15, 1975
Price: $6.99
Ever since his dad got rich from an invention and his family moved to a wealthy neighborhood on Long Island, Tony Miglione’s life has been turned upside down. For starters, there’s his new friend, Joel, who shoplifts. Then there’s Joel’s sixteen-year-old sister, Lisa, who gets undressed every night without pulling down... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Summer Sisters
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2003
Price: $15.00
No writer captures the seasons of our lives better than Judy Blume. Now, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wifey and Smart Women, comes an extraordinary novel of reminiscence and awakening—an unforgettable story of two women, two families, and the friendships that shape a lifetime.
When Victoria Leonard answers the phone... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2003
Price: $15.00
No writer captures the seasons of our lives better than Judy Blume. Now, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wifey and Smart Women, comes an extraordinary novel of reminiscence and awakening—an unforgettable story of two women, two families, and the friendships that shape a lifetime.
When Victoria Leonard answers the phone... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $12.99
THE PAIN AND the Great One hardly agree on anything. But deep down, they know they can count on each other, especially at school, where it often takes two to figure things out. Like when that first baby tooth falls out on the school bus. Or when an unwanted visitor on... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $12.99
THE PAIN AND the Great One hardly agree on anything. But deep down, they know they can count on each other, especially at school, where it often takes two to figure things out. Like when that first baby tooth falls out on the school bus. Or when an unwanted visitor on... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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It's Not the End of the World
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1986
Price: $6.99
It's Not The End Of The World
I want a mother and a father and I want them to live together-right here-in this house!
Karen Newman can't believe it when her father moves out. How could her parents do this? Don't they know they belong together? Somehow Karen has to get her mom and dad... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1986
Price: $6.99
It's Not The End Of The World
I want a mother and a father and I want them to live together-right here-in this house!
Karen Newman can't believe it when her father moves out. How could her parents do this? Don't they know they belong together? Somehow Karen has to get her mom and dad... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
