Synopses & Reviews
Karen couldn't tell Mrs. Singer why she had to have her Viking diorama out of the sixthgrade showcase. She felt like yelling, andlt;Iandgt;To keep my parents from getting divorced.andlt;/Iandgt; But she couldn't say it, and the whole class was looking at her anyway. andlt;BRandgt; Karen's world was ending. Her father had moved out of the house weeks before; now he was going to Las Vegas to get divorced and her mother was pleased! She had only a few days to get the two of them together in the same room. Maybe, if she could, they would just forget about the divorce. Then the Newman family could be its old self again -- maybe. But Karen knew something she didn't know last winter: that sometimes people who shouldn't be apart are impossible together. andlt;BRandgt; So she felt like yelling at Mrs. Singer. And then Mrs. Singer did a surprising thing....
About the Author
When
Judy Blume was growing up, she dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress or a ballerina -- certainly not a writer, although she always loved to read and make up stories inside her head. When she grew up, her need for storytelling didn't go away, and Judy began writing her stories down on paper.
Twenty-two books, all of them still in print, followed. Millions of readers all over the world rely on Judy Blume books to portray the difficulties and joys of growing up with honesty and humor. Judy says, "While the way we live may have changed, what's deep inside us hasn't."
Judy lives with her husband George Cooper. They have three grown children between them and one grandchild, whose first word was "book!"