3.0
Open LibraryFirst lines
"It's very foolish to laugh if you don't know what's funny in the first place."
About this book
Blubber is a children's novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. The narrator of the story is Jill Brenner, a Pennsylvania fifth-grader who joins her classmates in ostracizing and bullying Linda, an awkward and overweight girl. Linda gives an oral class report about whales and is hence nicknamed "Blubber" by her peers.
Themes & subjects
Juvenile FictionSocial ThemesBullyingPeer PressureGirls & Womenstamp collecting
First published 1999Characters & people
Setting
RadnorPennsylvaniaHillside SchoolHidden ValleyHalloween
About the author
Judy Blume
12 February 1938
Judy Blume (born Judith Sussman) is an American author. She has written many novels for children and young adults which have exceeded sales of 80 million and been translated into 31 languages. Blume's novels for teenagers were among the first to tackle such controversial matters as racism (*Iggie's House*), menstruation (*Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.*), divorce (*It's Not the End of the World, Just As Long As We're Together*), bullying (*Blubber*), masturbation (*Deenie; Then Again, Maybe I Won't*) and teen sex (*Forever*), and as such have been the source of controversy over the appropriateness of such topics for her middle school audience. She is married with two children and a st…
Reviews
No reviews yet — be the first to write one from the Log screen.
Quotes
No quotes yet.
