Freckle Juice might be cheating, considering it took less than twenty minutes to read. I wanted to find something by Judy Blume to request from the library, and even though this book was thinner than a magazine, I’d already gone to the trouble and didn’t feel like returning it.
I’ll justify my decision to include F.J. on grounds taking into consideration the lengthiness of the last one.
This was a re-read I read once as a tiny guy—third grade maybe. It’s about a boy who gets tricked into drinking a recipe so he can grow freckles. It was no more elaborate than I remembered.
Maybe we’ll try another Judy Blume one before the year is over—one that was written for slightly older readers. Or maybe really old readers—anybody recommend any of her adult fiction?
This was #18, assuming no one objects.
Tags: 2009 in Books, children's, fiction, Freckle Juice, Judy Blume
April 24, 2009 at 5:31 pm
i’ll let it slide, marcel.
April 24, 2009 at 5:35 pm
i do not object! this is another one of my childhood favorites.
May 2, 2009 at 12:04 pm
i read one of her adult books in the airport once. it was soooo dirrrty! like ‘the l-word’ in book form.
May 7, 2009 at 8:35 am
I agree with Helen. I read ‘Summer Sisters’ a few years ago. Wow, Judy.
May 15, 2009 at 1:11 am
You know you liked it.
June 2, 2009 at 11:35 pm
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