Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Judy Blume
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Judy Blume
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Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

Author: Judy Blume

Narrator: Judy Blume

Unabridged: 2 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2007


Synopsis

Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really is: the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the secret Sheila, who's afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs.

When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears. Not only does a dog come with the rented house, but her parents expect Sheila to take swimming lessons! Sheila does her best to pretend she's an expert at everything, but she knows she isn't fooling her new best friend, Mouse Ellis, who happens to be a crackerjack swimmer and a dog lover.

What will it take for Sheila to admit to the Tarrytown kids -- and to herself -- that she's only human?

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hannah on March 02, 2025

This is going to be the same review for all of the Fudge books because I read them when I was a child and am relying on my memories from over four decades ago. I wouldn't ordinarily write a review for a book from so long ago, but I wanted to express my gratitude to Judy Blume for this specific series......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on August 09, 2010

Thought Sheila was a jerk.......more


Quotes

"Sheila's ongoing crisis of image is as easy to identify with as it is to laugh at."--Kirkus Reviews