Judy Blume

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

"Fudge is obsessed with money. He's making his own "Fudge Bucks" and has plans to buy the entire world. But life gets really crazy when Fudge and his older brother, Peter, run into their long-lost relatives, the Howie Hatchers" -- from the back cover.

Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem. Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter feel like a fourth grade nothing. Fudge is never far from trouble. He's a two-year-old terror who gets away with everything-and Peter's had enough. When Fudge walks off with Dribble, Peter's pet turtle, it's the last straw.

"Peter Hatcher can't catch a break. His little brother, Fudge . . . has big plans to marry Peter's sworn enemy Sheila Tubman" -- from the back cover.

A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y., is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit.

When her parents divorce, a sixth grader struggles to understand that sometimes people are unable to live together.

Freddy is tired of being the middle child in his family until he gets a very special part in the school play.

His younger brother's obsession with money and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter.

"Katherine and Michael are ready—for each other, for love. Katherine is ready for her first time. They are both ready for this to be forever. They are perfect together, inseparable. Until the summer separates them, and Katherine meets Theo. But she and Michael are truly in love. That means forever. Right?"--

"From the outside, Rachel looks like the perfect daughter in the perfect family. She's a straight - A student, a gifted musician, and a good friend. But her older brother, Charles, seems determined to ruin everything." -- from the back cover.