Judy Blume

Over Nine Million Copies Sold Worldwide. Meet Margaret. She's going through all the same things most teenage girls have to face: fitting in, friendship, and first bras. Life isn't easy for Margaret. She's moved away from her childhood home, she's starting a new school, finding new friends—and she's convinced she's not normal. For a start, she hasn't got a clue...

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Judy Blume's groundbreaking novel about first relationships, first love, and...the first time. The bed is brass, covered with a patchwork quilt, and "nice and firm," Michael says, "in case you're interested." Katherine is interested. Katherine and Michael are in love, and Katherine knows it's forever—especially after she loses her virginity to...

Part of the classic Fudge series from Judy Blume, bestselling author of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing! Farley Drexel Hatcher—otherwise known as Fudge—thinks he’s a superhero, but his older brother, Peter, knows Fudge is nothing but a big pain! Dealing with Fudge is hard enough, but now Peter’s parents have decided to move to New Jersey for an entire...

Millions of fans, young and old, have been entertained by the quick wit of Peter Hatcher, the hilarious antics of mischievous Fudge, and the unbreakable confidence of know-it-all Sheila Tubman in Judy Blume's five Fudge books. Now, Puffin Books honours forty years of the book that started it all, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, with a special edition that...

Meet Margaret. She's going through all the same things most teenage girls have to face: fitting in, friendship, and first bras. Life isn't easy for Margaret. She's moved away from her childhood home, she's starting a new school, finding new friends—and she's convinced she's not normal. For a start, she hasn't got a clue whether she wants to be Jewish...

Blubber is a thick layer of fat that lies under the skin and over the muscles of whales... When Linda innocently reads out her class project, everyone finds it funny. Linda can't help it if she's fat, but what starts as a joke leads to a sustained and cruel ritual of humiliation. Jill knows she should defend Linda, but at...

Fudge-a-Mania features Fudge, who is five years old and driving his older brother, Peter, mad, as usual. Going on holiday with Fudge—along with baby Tootsie, Turtle the dog, and Uncle Feather the bird—means disasters every day. Even worse for Peter, the disgusting Sheila Tubman is staying in the same house. Will it be Peter's nightmare holiday? One thing's for sure—it's...

Superfudge follows the adventures of Peter Hatcher's little brother, Fudge, who is now four years old. And he's as monstrous as ever! When Fudge discovers that his new baby sister can't play with him, he tries to sell her. When that doesn't work, he attempts to give her away. On top of that, on his first day at school, he...

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing tells the story of Peter, who thinks he has the world's biggest problem - his little brother, Fudge. Fudge causes trouble wherever he goes, and it's usually up to Peter to sort out the mess. When Peter wins a tiny green turtle called Dribble, he's determined to keep it away from his brother. But...

The Pain and the Great One: Go Places is a fun bind-up of the third and fourth books in the series - Going, Going, Gone! and Friend or Fiend? In these hilarious and heart-warming young-fiction stories, Judy Blume perfectly captures what it's like to grow up with a brother or a sister, with gorgeous illustrations by Kate Pankhurst. Jake ('The...

The Pain and the Great One: Wheelies is a fun bind-up of the first two books in the series - Soupy Saturdays and Cool Zone. In these hilarious and heart-warming young-fiction stories, Judy Blume perfectly captures what it's like to grow up with a brother or a sister, with gorgeous illustrations by Kate Pankhurst. Jake ('The Pain') and Abigail ('The...

For a moment it's as if they've never been apart. They're still Vixen and Cassandra, summer sisters forever. The rest is a mistake, a crazy joke. Vix Leonard is twelve when she meets dazzling, reckless Caitlin Somers. Invited to spend holidays on Martha's Vineyard with Caitlin and her eccentric, mysterious family, Vix is welcomed into a life totally unlike her...

Do you remember the first time? Still the bravest, freshest, fruitiest and most honest account of first love, first sex and first heartbreak ever written for teens. It was a book ahead of its time—and remains, after forty years in print, a teenage bestseller. Now with a brand-new cover look.