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If you’re excited to jump into Judy Blume books in order, we’ve got you covered ... which we’ve included in our list for easy ...
Developed by Mara Brock Akil, Forever reimagines Blume’s 1975 of the same name, telling the love story of two Black teens, played by Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr., who explore romance and their ...
These books had something in common, Randy noticed. “If you had sex you were going to be punished,” Judy Blume told the magazine School Library Journal in 1996, when she won an award from the ...
When Mara Brock Akil was a little girl, she voraciously read Judy Blume. Looking back, she sees her obsession as the start of her becoming a writer. So when Akil heard that Blume was allowing her ...
creator and showrunner Mara Brock Akil looks to honor the novel and the author by putting her own spin on a story that feels timeless. “I’ve always credited Judy Blume as part of the seasoning ...
was controversial when Judy Blume published it in 1975 ... Brock Akil’s “Forever” is loosely adapted from the Blume book, so many of its key plot points have been changed or given a modern ...
In the 2023 documentary Judy Blume Forever, the author of countless best-selling books for young readers opened up about the making of her 1975 novel, Forever. Forever follows the budding love ...