Blume, Judy. Forever. Pocket Books. New York, 1975 Genre: Love Romance Recommended age/grade level: late teens 14-18 roughly. It is sexually explicit so maybe not entirely appropriate for younger children, not yet ready ... Carolina with family. At camp Katherine discovers that first loves don"t necessarily last forever. She meets a boy named Theo and the forever that she and Micheal share is questioned. Personal Notes for Using the Book: The story is a very realistic portrayal of what first love is really like. The fact that Katherine falls so hard for Micheal and they truly believe ... fo...

• Word Count: 585
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... , it causes more negative than it eliminates. Censorship is very evident in literature, and more and more books are being banned each day. This is a major problem because of the effect it has on the children that will not be able to read the banned books. First of all, one person or a group of people, such as a government or a community, should not be ... American Library Association supports free speech and argues, "The freedom to read is essential to our democracy" (American Library Association 383). There should be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, or no limits on thought...

• Word Count: 824
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... throws our way. Luckily, we have authors that write novels about the very issues we will be confronted with during our adolescent years. John Gough notes in School Librarian that, "Judy Blume is concerned to describe characters surviving, finding themselves, growing in understanding, coming to terms with life." (School ... about who he is, his place in society, and his place in his family. In Then Again, Maybe I Won't, Blume places significant importance on the setting in which the book takes place. She emphasizes the roles of society and family and how useful these two things are in a y...

• Word Count: 2389
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School