Blubber
 

Blubber

by Judy Blume

Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Caroline said about Linda. Jill crumpled it up and left it on the corner of her school desk. She didn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just then. Jill wanted to think about Halloween.
But Robby grabbed the note and before Linda stopped talking it had gone halfway around the room.
That's where it all started...there... (read more)

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M@ri$$@
  • Rated 5 stars

this is a great book that really makes you wonder if you judge people around you as much as the people in this book.

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Library Goddess
  • Rated 2 stars

I'd read this book many years ago, but I didn't remember much about it, so I decided to read it again. I found it to be a painful and unpleasant read. The children in the story are cruel, and their actions are downright criminal. The main character, Jill although not the ringleader, gleefully joins in the torment of a classmate, so I didn't feel her pain when the tables turned and she became the target. I also found the ending unsatisfying. Although Jill stands up for herself against the...

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  • Rated 3.773994 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
 

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    mara s said:

    it is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sad but totaly NESSASARY TO READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    posted 11 days ago
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