The classic coming-of-age novel that inspired a new TV series remains timeless and necessary, on the page and screen.

Nearly five decades later, Netflix’s adaptation of “Forever,” developed by Mara Brock Akil, brings Blume’s themes into a ...

Forever, one of beloved young adult author Judy Blume‘s most iconic books, started with a simple request ... and Keisha (Lovie Simone), two Black Los Angeles teens and former elementary school ...

Judy Blume, one of the most well-known authors of children's literature and young adult novels, has had her work transformed ...

In 1975, Judy Blume released Forever ... with some states going so far as to ban the book from schools. Fifty years later, the best-selling Forever is considered Blume’s most controversial ...

For many young readers of the last 50-plus years, there is one name that stands out among the many authors they read: Judy ...

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 ...

Mara Brock Akil's adaptation of the 1975 YA novel follows a pair of Los Angeles teenagers, played by Lovie Simone and Michael ...

Bestselling author Rachelle Bergstein will present "How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us" at noon Wednesday, May 21 ...

When Judy Blume’s "Forever" first hit shelves in 1975 ... “Especially with ‘Forever’ as a book — it’s brilliant. And then Mara’s adaptation is just so current.