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Judy Blume is in a class by herself among writers of books for children and young adults. In less than two decades her books have sold more than thirty million copies. Part of the Blume phenomenon is that her readers become involved with her as well as w...

Whether they find them in the library and read them with their parents, or borrow them from friends and secretly read them alone, young people love Judy Blume books. Millions and millions of sales, television and film adaptations, and numerous awards fro...

Perhaps the most popular contemporary author of works for upper elementary to junior high school readers, Judy Blume (born 1938) is the creator of frank, often humorous stories which focus on the emotional and social concerns of suburban adolescents. Alt...

ARIESMarch 21-April 19If you find that you're feeling irritable today it could be that your environment is in need of a make over; whether that's your bedroom or the whole house, something is definitely in need of a change. Take a step back, and consider...

ARIESMarch 21-April 19A piece of news is likely to have you feeling a little anxious today, but the planets suggest that it will be a molehill rather than a mountain. Possible sources of worry include your finances or a partnership. A zany friend's view might...

ARIESMarch 21-April 19Get set for an intense day today. The Grand Trine in the water signs points to useful disclosures and positive discoveries that will certainly give you something to think about. This is less likely to be a day of action and more a...

"Newspapers are very big on facts, I think," muses Davis (Davey) Wexler, the 15-year-old daughter left behind after her father was shot in the chest [in Tiger Eyes]. "But not on feelings. Nobody writes about how it feels when your father is murdered." Judy Blume does. And even if your father hasn't been murdered, even if you're no longer 15, and even if you'd rather think about something else, she puts you inside that girl: a luminous-eyed (thus the title) br...

[Blume's] Tiger Eyes, should slip past the censors. There is no explicit sex and there are no objectionable words. It is her finest book—ambitious, absorbing, smoothly written, emotionally engaging and subtly political. It is also a lesson on how the conventions of a genre can best be put to use. The plot of Tiger Eyes is a staple of juvenile novels. A family member dies and the survivors must reconstitute themselves. Standard props are used: A lovable cat and a comical younger brother pop up ...

How does a girl feel when her father is shot? When he bleeds to death in her arms? Beginning with the father's funeral, Judy Blume [in "Tiger Eyes"] follows her 15-year-old heroine, Davey, step by step…. The love interest that is a frequent feature in Judy Blume's work is muted. Davey's friend Wolf, a college student (wise for his years and also wounded in spirit), helps her deal with her problems, even though the two have met only in brief encounters; still he is a...