Winnie Barringer’s best friend, Iggie, has moved away. How is Winnie going to make it through summer vacation?
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Feb 22, 2011
Jose
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What does it feel like to loose you're best friend? Winifred Bates Barringer's best friend Iggie, just moved out of the neighborhood and moved to Japan with her family. Iggie's house on Groove Street was empty but not for long. This white neighborhood in New Jersey is in for a huge surprise. The Garber family moves into Iggie's house. Two parents, two young boys name Herbie and Glen and their little sister Tina. What you learn is that the family is the first black family to move into the white n
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Oct 19, 2009
Has your best friend every left you in the beginning of summer because she had to go to Tokyo? Well, Winnie's did. Her best friend Iggie moved and the Garbers moved into her house. There is something wrong with this picture, though. The thing that is wrong is that the Garbers were black, in an all white neighborhood. They also had children: Nicki, Herdie, and Glenn. Winnie was their friend, but others felt differently. Some had respect like Winnie, some were confused, but there was only o
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Dec 27, 2009
lita
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Winnie betul-betul merasa mendapat kejutan saat melihat penghuni baru rumah Iggie, yang bersebelahan dengan rumahnya, tiba. Iggie adalah sahabat karibnya, yang sayangnya harus pindah mengikuti ayahnya yang mendapat tugas keluar negeri. “Pantas saja kau bilang kejutan, Iggie,” tulis Winnie dalam suratnya. “They are coloured people!”
Itulah kali pertama Winnie melihat dan – pada akhirnya – menjalin persahabatan dengan keluarga berkulit hitam. Tina, Herbie, dan Glenn adalah anak-anak ke More...
Itulah kali pertama Winnie melihat dan – pada akhirnya – menjalin persahabatan dengan keluarga berkulit hitam. Tina, Herbie, dan Glenn adalah anak-anak ke More...
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Apr 17, 2011
Kyla
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Purchase at the library book sale as a Judy Blume collection completist - a funny little book I had completely forgotten about but read lots of times as a kid because we had a copy in my school library. I can still see the wire spinner it was on and the cover with a girl on a bike. So much of it obviously went over my head - a black family moves into a mostly white neighborhood and adults and children react in different ways - something my little white suburb of Calgary had little experience wit
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Jun 05, 2011
Nazmin
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I think one issue in this book is about racism, this is because the Garber's are the first and only black family who moved into a all white neighborhood. Winnie is the person who's first to like them. But Ms.London can't stand the fact that they are here now and she tries to get rid of them but she loses because no one wants to be on her side. There are many things which motivates Winnie for example she made a petition about colored people so she could see how many people want see Garbers to sta
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Jun 05, 2008
george
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Winne is lonely. Her best friend, Iggie, just moved to Tokyo and now Winnie is anxiously waiting to see who will move into Iggie's old house. Winnie is a little surprised to find that the new family is African-American, but she's excited all the same because they have three kids. Not everyone in the neighborhood feels like Winnie, though. There's one lady who's hopping mad about the family and does everything in her power to make them feel unwelcome. Winnie doesn't understand what her parents ar
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Jun 29, 2009
Victoria
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Winnie's best friend Iggie moves away. I'm not talking down the street two hours away, I'm talking all the way a cross the atlantic move. But the only thing Winnie can look forward to is the new people that are going to move into Iggie's new house. Winnie knows that Iggie's parents won't just sell their house to anybody, it'll have to be someone different. But Winnie didnt expect them to be black. Racial barriers are broken when Winnie finally realizes that you don't have to be white.
Mar 15, 2010
Krista
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I just did a whole major review of this book, two paragraphs, and the computer ate it again! I've got to remember when I'm at schoo, to copy and paste, b/c the whole "permission to enter online communities" thing on the net filters! AUGH!
Anyway, great and necessary book for the time. Loved the character of Winnie and how at her age she stood up for something she believed in to her parents and to the bigoted Mrs. Landon.
Anyway, great and necessary book for the time. Loved the character of Winnie and how at her age she stood up for something she believed in to her parents and to the bigoted Mrs. Landon.
Feb 21, 2009
Cate
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once again, i love judy blume! her way of writing and connecting her characters to the reader is awesome. i really enjoyed this book, understanding what it's like meeting you new neighbors, not wanting to embarrass yourself or say something stupid.i hated when i had to close this book when i finished and turn it back into the library. i wish it would go on and tell a longer story.
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Nov 15, 2010
Posy
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Might be useful for today's kids to read about integrating suburban neighborhoods in the 1950's. Blume's voice is pretty true as always. The presentation of message is a bit too didactic. The completely clueless mother won't ring true today, but the father more depth. Interesting portrait of an African American family.
Dec 03, 2008
Rachel
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Sep 12, 2010
Maureen
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I recently re-read this classic after my daughter received it from her summer reading program. It was a quick and easy read. Although the book is somewhat dated, the message is timeless.
Jan 19, 2009
An adolescent book about racial relations. I liked it. Interesting perspectives from all of the children in the book. Probably a fun read for 3-4th grade.
Jun 22, 2010
Ms. Moler
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This was one of the first books that I read where I was introduced to the idea that kids and families looked different than mine. It was really life changing.
May 27, 2009
Luci
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I did not like this book and that's all I have to say. Not intresting.I like other books by this author though, like Freckle Juice.
Dec 18, 2011
Kayla
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I don't remember much of it, if I liked it or not. I'm sure it was a good book, but it didn't seem too interesting, looking back
Oct 22, 2007
Alexis
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This is a story about a girl who has to learn the hard way that not everyone believes the same things. When Winnie's best friend moves away, she is eager to make friends with her new neighbors. Because they are black, other people aren't as eager to welcome the new neighbors. This is an excellent book that deals with the issue of civil rights in a way that kids can relate to. The story is dated but there is still much to learn from the central message of the story. Lessons on the civil rights c
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Dec 14, 2011
Philip
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Amazingly entertaining but educational book for kids. I read it when I was about 6 and loved it.
Jun 17, 2008
Phoebe
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This is one of Blume's books for younger readers, but despite this (and its age), she manages to examine race relations in suburbia in a really provocative way, touching on many of the sometimes-conflicted emotions that children caught in the racial crossfires might experience. The black children in the novel, for example, have understandable problems trusting their new white friend--is she being genuine, or does she just want an exotic token of her openmindedness? That Blume had the guts to add
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Aug 11, 2011
Tess
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I have been an avid fan of Judy Blume and this book takes a bold step in voicing out on racial discrimination.
Jan 15, 2009
This is a fantastic book about acceptance of different types of people.
Jan 23, 2011
Iyut
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2,5 bintang sebenernya..
tidak seasyik buku2 Judy Blume lainnya yg pernah kubaca. Terlalu pendek, jadi kesannya nanggung..
tidak seasyik buku2 Judy Blume lainnya yg pernah kubaca. Terlalu pendek, jadi kesannya nanggung..
Aug 11, 2010
Erin
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Pretty sappy rendition of race relations in the early sixties. Nice and tidy.
Jun 19, 2011
Chelsea
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The people are being really mean to the new people how moved into Igge's house. The new neighbors are black, so people hate them. It's not fair just cause they are black.
Feb 11, 2008
elissa
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I think I would have given this 4 stars when I was 10. I very clearly remember reading it. I grew in a very liberal area, and I remember going to my mom when I was done with this book, and being confused about prejudice. Since I had never been aware of it before, I thought that this book must have been set way in the past. My mom assured me that it could have been set in the present. I re-read it with my older son when he was in 3rd gr, and it held up OK, but I definitely wasn't as impresse
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