For over half a century, books by Judy Blume have marked milestones for young readers, especially girls who, like many of her characters, stand on the cusp of womanhood.

Starting in second grade with “Super Fudge,” then “Deenie.” But the one that started my obsession in the fourth grade was “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” I read every Judy Blume book I could ...

More than half a century after being written, Judy Blume’s Are you there God? It’s me Margaret is finally hitting the big screen. US culture war: why book bans ... based on Fudge-a-Mania ...

And what a time that was. Blume wrote her first book, “The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo,” in 1969 when she was a young wife and mother in New Jersey. She had graduated from college ...