About this title: Margaret Simon faces a lot of changes the year she enters sixth grade. First, her family moves from New York City to a small town in New Jersey where she must settle into a new school and meet new friends. She also deals with her questions and anxieties about her first period, her first bra, and her newfound feelings for boys. A virtual rite of ...
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Edition: 2nd Edition 7th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: A Yearling Book/ Dell Publishing, New York NY
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780440404194ISBN:0440404193
Description: Good- 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Creased wrapper and text tips; prior owner inked notations on half-title page; tanning. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. writing inside front cover; otherwise good cond. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 160 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"Another period-fest from Judy Blume. This time centered around Margaret, an 11-year old who is questioning her relationship with God. She wants to believe in him, but doesn't know where to find him. I love the religious open-mindedness of this book, which probably was quite rare when the book was written in 1970. It could stand to be a little longer to explore some of the themes more, but I loved the general angst and simplicity. The unrealistic part for me is how excited the girls seem to be to get their periods. Maybe I'm the only girl who ever had cramps as a teen, but I've never enjoyed it yet. I should probably remember that the book is written for girls who didn't start yet and don't want to be scared out of their minds. Blume should be required reading for teenage girls, and I still enjoy reading her as an adult. Though I've said the word 'period' far too many times."
"Isn't it pathetic that as a girl, once you learn about periods, you just can't wait to get one, and then for the rest of your life, you just wish the effers would go away? Except of course, the periods that show up JUST when you need them to- like when one is perhaps a few days late and not super confident in her decision-making skills during the last month. Those periods are probably even better than the satisfaction of that very first one."
"I've read all of this series several times, each, and also count myself lucky to have experienced the Beverly Cleary Ramona Quimby books, and countless others. I read so many books as a kid that my mother had to donate many large garbage bags full of books several times a year to the local hospital and other organizations. Best part of childhood, really. What I like especially about the Judy Blume books is that it deals with feelings, which are not easy things to manage in the vulnerable pre-teen years because they are so new. Not sure we ever really master them...but it's ok to feel them and Judy Blume sends that message."
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