The Judy Blume Book That Changed Everything

SHE LIT: The Judy Blume Book That Changed Everything ♾️ How a Judy Blume classic revolutionized the middle grade genre. Plus, a state passes a bill to defund libraries that remove banned books from shelves. View this email in your browser Discover works by AANHPI female authors here 🌸 Banned coming-of-age novel that boosted middle grade genre finally gets its flowers I finished Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret during a daylong doctor’s appointment when I was nine years old. The famous Judy Blume story was already over 25 years old when I devoured it in less than 24 hours. I was wearing a training bra and the loom of the period was hanging over my head since some of my fourth-grade friends already had theirs. I laughed at the characters kissing their pillows to practice kissing boys because I wasn’t there yet. I talked to God a lot growing up in an interfaith household like the main character Margaret. With Margaret and her friends worrying about kissing boys, buying bras, and getting periods, the 1970 book has enjoyed a revival with a new film in theaters amid the latest banned books movement. Describing feelings many kids feel that […]