Judy Blume bibliography

Judy Blume is an American author. She has written for a variety of audiences, switching between works for younger and older readers. Her young adult literature is discussed for its direct handling of topics like puberty and adolescent sexuality, which has made her books the subject of regular censorship. Several of Blume's works have been adapted to film and television. Blume is known for her middle grade and young adult literature. Her first major following came from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (1970), which dealt with female puberty. This was followed by Then Again, Maybe I Won't (1971) about male puberty. She wrote several more pre-teen novels in the 1970s: Iggie's House (1970) about racism, It's Not the End of the World (1972) about divorce, Deenie (1973) about parental expectations, Blubber (1974) about bullying, Forever... (1975) about premarital sex, and Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself (1977) about fear of death. She later wrote Tiger Eyes (1981) about the death of a parent, Just as Long as We're Together (1987) about divorce and emotional eating, and its sequel Here's to You, Rachel Robinson (1993) about overachievement. For children, Blume wrote the Fudge series: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1971), Superfudge (1980), Fudge-a-Mania (1990), Double Fudge (2002), and the spinoff book Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (1972). She also wrote the children's book Freckle Juice (1971). Blume wrote the picture books The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (1969) and The Pain and the Great One (1984), and between 2007 and 2009, she wrote a series of four children's books using the characters from The Pain and the Great One. She published The Judy Blume Diary (1981) and The Judy Blume Memory Book (1988) for children to write in. Blume has written four books targeted for adults: Wifey (1978), Smart Women (1983), Summer Sisters (1998), and In the Unlikely Event (2015). Her book Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could Tell You (1986) was targeted for parents, compiled using letters from readers so parents could learn how children engaged with the topics in Blume's books. She compiled stories from frequently-censored writers to publish the anthology book Places I Never Meant to Be (1999).