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source 1 (web) Blume, Judy. (2007): n. pag. Web. 29 Apr 2010. .


 * 1) when she would tell people she wanted to be a writer they would tell her do you know the chances of becoming a writer
 * 2) made stories up in her head
 * 3) writes child, teen and adult books
 * 4) More than 80 million copies of her books have been sold
 * 5) her work has been translated into thirty-one languages
 * 6) She is the founder and trustee of The Kids Fund
 * 7) also founder of a charitable and educational foundatio
 * 8) her husband is a law professor.
 * 9) judy's husband also wrote non-fiction books.
 * 10) When Judy and her husband moved to Key West, he started a non-profit movie theater. she calls him Mister Movie!
 * 11) Writes her books off of memories of her own life, incidents of her childcare's lives,
 * 12) each of her books are unique
 * 13) she was Curious and imaginative, but also a worrier when she was a teenager
 * 14) grew up going to a public school
 * 15) she was a good students and like it when her teachers made the subject "come alive"
 * 16) Judy enjoyed reading and writing this was mainly when English was her favorite subject
 * 17) in high school she was small, skinny, and a late developer.
 * 18) most of her books are her imagination but they involve her memories of her life, children lifes and what she see and hears
 * 19) she has written twenty-eight books
 * 20) she was 17 when she started to write seriously

sources 2 (online print)  "Overview of Judy (Sussman) Blume." //DISCovering Authors//. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Web. 29 Apr. 2010.

21. her concern about that youth has gotten her fans 22.her books can be entertaining and educational 23.in her books for young adults involve divorce 24.teenage book written by Judy involve family 25.judys book for teenagers also involve friendship 26.judy 's characters tell about their feelings as a way to solve their problems 27. her books are about cultural concerns involving ones body and their self 28. she told a reporter that "knew intuitively what kids wanted to know because I remembered what I wanted to know" 29. she writes about sexuality because when she was a kid that's what she wondered about 30 she will carefully watch over children's lives to learn more 31. she says she can easily project herself back to moment in her life 32. Her books are liked because they are accessible, warm hearted, and many times funny 33. the style of writing she doesn't very honest and direct 34. most of her books are in first person narrative 35. her books were written a long time ago when there wasn't as much sensor ship as there is now 36. judy would collect letters from children that has questions they weren't comfortable with asking their parents in 1986 Judy collected these notes and published them into a book called " letters to Judy: //What Your Kids Wish They Could Tell You"// 37. the book she wrote letters to Judy: what your kids wish they could tell you, she wrote this and published it hoping to break the silence between teens and parents 38. she does write books for young children like the Fudge series she says shes hopes that all her young readers when they grow up they will read what Judy has to say about young adult hood 39. judy is concerned about young adults growing up and understanding everything 40. she is able to convince young people that you can find the truth in a book and reading is fun

source 3 (online print)  Naylor, Alice Phoebe, and Carol Wintercorn. "Judy Blume." //DISCovering Authors//. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Web. 29 Apr. 2010.

41. her readers tend to be involved with not only the characters but her also 42. Judy thinks that when you take someones thoughts about a problem out into the open this will help give solutions which is why her books have sexual content and lauange 43. she believes humor is an important part of a child's life she wouldn't mind if she had to write all but funny books 44. judy earlier in life was enrolled in a class called writing for children and teenagers 45. Because judy had to move to Florida and make new friends shes able to put many friendships in her books 46. When she needs and idea for a novel she will take her concerns she had when she was a child 47. in one of her books she mentions a character fudge he was based off her son when he was a toddler 48. her book sometimes even describe her own child life fears 49. She was afraid of dogs, thunderstorms, and swimming and in her book //Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great// (1972) she has all these fears involved in the book 50. Her book forever was for her 19 year old daughter 51.when writing forever she wanted a book that involved sexuality but no punishment 52. this book was written to prove that most teenagers are not ready for "forever" 53. Judy says many kids will grow up with out have death of people around them occurring during their life 54. The Jewish culture plays a roll in judys books because she is Jewish along with Jewish cultures there's also friends 55.growing up her father had 6 brothers and 5 sister most of which had died in her life 56. judy tells her readers about how she will write about her real life and what happened but often they will become fiction 57. adults have become just as good of fans of her books as children have 58. judy often talks about what characters do not what they are 59. in her book what your kids with they could tell you the hardest chapter for her to write was about splitting up because these there the hardest times of her life 60. she had received thousands of letters when writing her book what your kids wish they could tell you this just showed her that her they do not suffer and change

source 4 (web) Gottlieb, Amy. "Judy Blume." //Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia//. 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. April 29, 2010  61. once her childern were done nursing she began to write 62. he fans pass around her books and compare the notes they have on them 63. her books evolve many children's concerns 64.as a child growing up she was in a Jewish family and fallowed the Jewish cultures 65. her father had died the same year she was married 66.judy began to write her books in the mid 1960's 67.her book are you there god? was the major turning point in her writing 68. are you there god involved some of her own personal experiences 69. her book are you there god? mentions things about growing up with a Jewish mother and christian father 70. her books talk about family break ups and divorce she has gone through a couple divorces so shes able to relate to these cases 71. growing up judy has to move to Miami so the hot weather would help heal her brothers kidney problem she had to make new friends and gain new friendships which is why she mentions friendships in many of her books 72. judy has so many memories and fears when growing up as a young adult which is why her books involve emotion to show her readers they are not alone in there fears and confusion 73. she describes her books as a diary or journals 74. by adding emotion to her writing this gives the reader a chance to refer to the text and talk about feelings 75.her book smart woman talks about a woman that had just gone through a divorce and how shes able to deal with being a single mother and new relationships shes involved in 76.when judy was writing her book what your kids wish they could tell you she was trying to get parents to see life but through their childrens eyes 77. judy writes to a great range of readers all the way form young childern with her book tails of a fourth grade nothing to young adults/teenagers with forever and adults with what your kids wish they could tell you 78. Judy was surprised when at one point her books were banned from library 79. her book forever talks about a young girls first true love 80. because of judys relatable style her books have been very popular