Blume, Judy

When several members of a fifth-grade class decide to make life miserable for one girl, unexpected problems occur.

Unable to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing interest in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, a thirteen-year-old finds the pains in his stomach getting worse and worse.

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

Unable to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing interest in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, a thirteen-year-old finds the pains in his stomach getting worse and worse.

Seven stories with universal situations giving a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other.

Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.

Her parents' divorce has sixth-grader Karen Newman struggling to understand that sometimes people are unable to live together.

The author presents letters from children to her confiding their concerns with friendships, families, illness, sexuality, and other problems; and in return, Ms. Blume shares similar moments from her own life, both as a child and as a parent.

Stephanie's relationship with her best friend, Rachel, changes during her first year in junior high as she tries to conceal a family problem and meets a new girl from California.