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Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

ISBN: 1416531041

Title: Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

Author: Jennifer O'Connell

KDL Description:

A collection of personal essays by some of today’s most popular young adult and women’s fiction writers considers the ways in which the books of Judy Blume influenced their emotional, social, and physical developments, in a volume that includes contributions by Meg Cabot, Cara Lockwood, and Megan McCafferty.

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“I wonder if Judy Blume really knows how many girls’ lives she affected. I wonder if she knows that at least one of her books made a grown woman finally feel like she’d been a normal girl all along. . . .”

—FROM Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

Whether laughing to tears reading Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great or clamoring for more unmistakable “me too!” moments in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, girls all over the world have been touched by Judy Blume’s poignant coming-of-age stories. Now, in this anthology of essays, twenty-four notable female authors write straight from the heart about the unforgettable novels that left an indelible mark on their childhoods and still influence them today. After growing up from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing into Smart Women, these writers pay tribute, through their reflections and most cherished memories, to one of the most beloved authors of all time.