Blubber, Judy Blume
Blubber, Judy Blume
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Blubber

Author: Judy Blume

Narrator: Halley Feiffer

Unabridged: 2 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2007

Synopsis

Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just now. Jill wants to think about Halloween.

But Robby grabs the note, and before Linda stops talking it has gone halfway around the room.

That's where it all starts. There's something about Linda that makes a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they can go -- but nobody, least of all Jill, expects the fun to end where it does.

A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year

About The Author

Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well as children will recognize such Blume titles as Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Blubber; Just as Long as We're Together; and the five book series about the irrepressible Fudge. She has also written four novels for adults, In the Unlikely Event, Summer Sisters, Smart Women, and Wifey, all of them New York Times bestsellers. More than 80 million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into thirty-one languages. She receives thousands of letters a year from readers of all ages who share their feelings and concerns with her. Judy received a BS in education from New York University in 1961, which named her a Distinguished Alumna in 1996, the same year the American Library Association honored her with the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2004 she received the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Halley Feiffer is a playwright (a national Young Playwrights Festival winner), actress, and voice-over artist. She is the daughter of famed satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer and of writer, actor, and comedian Jenny Allen.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gigi on May 07, 2008

I was at the library with my children yesterday when I noticed the Judy Blume books. I loved Judy Bloom when I was younger. So I thought it would be interesting to reread some of them again. Blubber is the one I read last night. I remember when I read it the first time that I really related to the m......more

Goodreads review by Darla on December 31, 2023

When you read this book, are you a Jill? A Linda?A Wendy? Middle grade kids can be so unkind. One ringleader can set a whole class against one kid. In this book a mammal report on whales leads to a girl being called Blubber. I did not enjoy the read so much as understand the need to address these bu......more

Goodreads review by Dawn on October 11, 2007

The genius of this book is not that it doesn't impart any moral, it does, but it does so subtly, without condescension. There's no comeuppance for the ringleading bully, no adult interference to save the tormented. Hell, the girl who is picked on isn't all that sympathetic. It's a dark little book,......more

Goodreads review by Claire on April 12, 2008

My signed copy of Blubber is one of my most prized possessions. This is an honest and sometimes painful to read portrayal of bullying. It does not wrap up neatly, as few real-life bullying situations do, but it does have some important lessons. After reading this book, it is comforting to find Judy......more

Goodreads review by Bren fall in love with the sea. on January 28, 2023

If you somehow missed this one as a kid and want to read about childhood bullying as it was written about decades ago, before bullying even became a term, read this book. It is painful. And I have done rereads as an adult. If anything, it's MORE poignant. Jill Brenner is one of the cool kids at school......more

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