false 37739 21 <B>Blubber</B> is a good name for her, the note from Caroline said about Linda. Jill crumpled it up and left it on the corner of her school desk. She didn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just then. Jill wanted to think about Halloween.<P>But Robby grabbed the note and before Linda stopped talking it had gone halfway around the room.<P>That's where it all started...there was something about Linda that made a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they could go...but nobody, Jill least of all, expected the fun to end where it did.<P> 2630133 1974 Blubber total:6644|5:1580|4:2436|3:2110|2:429|1:89| 6644 24921 7541 266 4 5 false false Wed Oct 10 07:21:22 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 07:14:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 07:25:57 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 07:42:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Apr 12 16:41:38 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 16:41:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon May 28 02:50:57 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 10:15:25 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 19:25:01 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 19:26:21 -0700 2008

The book Blubber is realistic fiction written by Judy Blume. The main characters Jill and Tracy are best friends that are inseparable in Mrs. Minish’s 5th grade class. They love to collect stamps and hang out.
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In junior high (after I read the book, I think), I became the "Blubber" of my school. I wasn't fat, didn't have grey teeth, in fact was a cute and bright little kid who was just immature enough to handle one comment badly--and I became a tar...more...]]>