Most of Blume's novels for young adults follow the double-plot form of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, with one plot dealing with sexual maturity, growth and adjustment, and another with a social issue. Blabber is about being overweight; It's Not the End of the World addresses the effect of divorce on adolescents; Tiger Eyes deals with adjustments necessary when a parent or loved one dies; and Then Again, Maybe I Won't examines the effect of moving and a change of social status on adolescents. Deenie, Superfudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself also follow a double-plot format.
Probably the closest of Blume's novels to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is Then Again, Maybe I Won't. Thirteenyear-old Tony Miglione has even more problems, however, than.....
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