History Creator / JudyBlume

* NonIndicativeName: Katherine in ''Forever...'' thinks her and Michael's relationship will be [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin forever]], but it turns out to end much sooner than she though.

** Bule is seen walking a small dog through the neighborhood during the EstablishingShot of Farbrook in the film of ''Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.'' She appears in ''Tiger Eyes'' as well.

* The ''Literature/{{Fudge}}'' series[[note]]''Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing'', ''SuperFudge'', ''Fudge-A-Mania,'' ''Double Fudge''[[/note]]

Judith Sussman "Judy" Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American writer, best known as an author of children's and young adult novels, she has also written several novels for adults.

Her works were and continue to be [[BannedInChina frequently banned]] because she was one of the first authors of Young Adult novels to write about certain subjects previously considered "adult", such as menstruation, masturbation, or depression. The basis of her YA writing has always been pretty much that she didn't want to treat her audience like they were unintelligent: "I wanted to be honest. And I felt that no adult had been honest with me. We didn't have the information we should have had." She is a highly esteemed author in those circles that aren't [[MoralGuardians trying to ban her]], and is responsible for providing NightmareFuel to a whole generation.

She wrote many books. Among them are ''Literature/{{Blubber}}'', ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret'', and ''Forever''. She has written one series, beginning with ''Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing'', featuring Peter Hatcher and his AnnoyingYoungerSibling Farley, universally known as "Literature/{{Fudge}}".

* ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret''

* ''Literature/{{Fudge}}'' series

* ''Literature/TigerEyes''

!!Other books by Judy Blume books provide examples of:

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: The Pain in ''The Pain and the Great One'' (although the book also makes the point that the Great One is just as annoying in her own way).
* AudienceParticipation: In 2018 Blume announced that she was finally going to start a serious effort to get film adaptations of her books made, and asked her fans to recommend which ones she should do first. Unfortunately, it wasn't much help as by far the most popular answer was "All of them." The nod went to ''Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.'', which filmed during the spring and early summer of 2021.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Blume's one of the most challenged and banned writers of the 20th century, due to her frank discussion of topics like puberty, menstruation, and masturbation, in books written for young teenagers.
* ICallHimMisterHappy: ''Forever'' -- "Katherine... I'd like you to meet Ralph."

* NoEnding: Blume's books often lack much catharsis or payoff beyond the main character's personal growth, with them still dealing with all the same issues they had at the start, because that's just how life is a lot of the time.
* NonIndicativeName: Katherine in ''Forever...'' thinks her and Michael's relationship will be ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, but it turns out to be this trope.

* OneBookAuthor: Blume's only appearance in a television series was in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS30E21DohCanada "D'oh Canada"]], which would also count as the only time she did character acting, as her other screen role in ''Tiger Eyes'' was a CreatorCameo.

* TheirFirstTime: The novel ''Forever'' has this as a major plot point, with Katherine and Michael basically working their way through "the bases", all the way up to having sex.

Her works were and continue to be [[BannedInChina frequently banned]] because she was one of the first authors of Young Adult novels to write about certain subjects previously considered "adult." The basis of her YA writing has always been pretty much that she didn't want to treat her audience like they were unintelligent: "I wanted to be honest. And I felt that no adult had been honest with me. We didn't have the information we should have had." She is a highly esteemed author in those circles that aren't [[MoralGuardians trying to ban her]], and is responsible for providing NightmareFuel to a whole generation.

Judith Sussman "Judy" Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American writer, best known as an author of children's and young adult novels, she has also written several novels for adults. Her works were and continue to be [[BannedInChina frequently banned]] because she was one of the first authors of Young Adult novels to write about certain subjects previously considered "adult." The basis of her YA writing has always been pretty much that she didn't want to treat her audience like they were unintelligent: "I wanted to be honest. And I felt that no adult had been honest with me. We didn't have the information we should have had." She is a highly esteemed author in those circles that aren't [[MoralGuardians trying to ban her.]] And is responsible for providing NightmareFuel to a whole generation.

* AccidentalMisnaming: In ''It's Not the End of the World'', Karen's grandfather is [[KnownOnlyByTheirNickname called Garfa by the entire family]]. Similar to Beezus in the ''[[Literature/RamonaQuimby Ramona]]'' series, he got that nickname when Karen's older brother Jeff was unable to pronounce "Grandpa" as a toddler.
* AgeAppropriateAngst
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Karen in ''It's Not the End of the World'' has a crush on Gary, a boy in her class, and is devastated when he moves away. Her best friend Debbie has a crush on Karen's big brother Jeff, who is openly rude to Debbie, calling her "fat and ugly" to her face, which doesn't dissuade Debbie at all.
* AndIMustScream: In ''It's Not the End of the World'', Karen tries to block out one of her parents' arguments by covering her ears and screaming as loud as she can. Her father is finally forced to give her an ArmorPiercingSlap to end the outburst.
* ComingOfAgeStory
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Deenie, in the book of the same name, mentions touching her "special place" and wondering if that's why she developed scoliosis. Masturbation is even referred to by name in a gym class health discussion in which the teacher tells the students that it's normal and healthy and not to believe the misinformation they've heard about it causing blindness or insanity. Blume said that a principal banned the book from his school library, saying he might've allowed it [[DoubleStandard if the character were a boy]]. ''Tiger Eyes'' also originally included one, but she was persuaded to remove it to help the book reach a wider audience.

** Karen, protagonist of ''It's Not the End of the World'', has one in Amy, who is forever telling jokes and riddles and is often the only one laughing at them.
* AudienceParticipation: In 2018 she announced that she was finally going to start a serious effort to get film adaptations of her books made, and asked her fans to recommend which ones she should do first. Unfortunately, it wasn't much help as by far the most popular answer was "All of them." The nod went to ''Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.'', which filmed during the spring and early summer of 2021.
* DarkerAndEdgier: She's one of the most challenged and banned writers of the 20th century, due to her frank discussion of topics like puberty, menstruation, and masturbation, in books written for young teenagers.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: ''Deenie'' -- their mother frequently tells people (including complete strangers) that "Deenie's the beauty, Helen's the brain." At one point Helen tells Deenie she doesn't have to fall into the role their mother has chosen for her.
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: In ''It's Not the End of the World'', Karen's friend Val, whose parents are also divorced, owns a book for divorced children which she considers ''the'' authority on the subject and quotes from as though it were the Bible.
* TheHermit: In ''It's Not the End of the World'', Jeff, the eldest child and only son, becomes increasingly moody and withdrawn as the story progresses, spending most of his time in his room.

* InformedJudaism
* MissingChild: In ''It's Not the End of the World'', Karen wonders [[RelationshipSalvagingDisaster if her parents would reconcile if she or one of her siblings went missing]], since she's seen TV shows where that happened, and even wonders at one point which of her siblings would make the best kidnap victim. She is disabused of that notion when her older brother Jeff runs away, which not only fails to bring her parents back together, but results in one of their worst fights ever.
* MyBelovedSmother: Debbie's mom in ''It's Not the End of the World'' tells her daughter to wear several pairs of underpants when she goes ice skating so that she won't catch a kidney infection from sitting on the ice. Karen reflects that her friend's mother is overly concerned about diseases.
* NoEnding: Her books often lack much catharsis or payoff beyond the main character's personal growth, with them still dealing with all the same issues they had at the start, because that's just how life is a lot of the time.
* TheNounAndTheNoun: ''The Pain and the Great One''.

* TheOmniscient: Karen's friend Val in ''It's Not the End of the World''. Val explains it's because she reads ''[[UsefulNotes/AmericanNewspapers The New York Times]]'' cover-to-cover every Sunday.
* OneBookAuthor: Her only appearance in a television series was in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS30E21DohCanada "D'oh Canada"]], which would also count as the only time she did character acting, as her other screen role in ''Tiger Eyes'' was a CreatorCameo.

** In ''It's Not the End of the World'', Karen is shocked when she learns that her parents have been having marital problems more or less since six-year-old Amy was born, causing her to theorize that the root of the discord was that her father made Amy his favorite and her mother retaliated by making oldest child Jeff ''her'' favorite. Karen remarks she's glad to be no one's favorite.
* ParentsAsPeople: In most of Blume's work, parents are depicted as human beings with their own faults and foibles who don't always make the right choices. On occasions this goes hand in hand with AdultsAreUseless.
* RayOfHopeEnding: ''It's Not The End of the World'' is the most depressing of Judy's middle-grade books, with Karen having to accept that her parents are getting divorced and her family may have to move, per the court law. Even so, she strives to make the best of things and accept life as it is.
* RousseauWasRight
* TheRunaway: Karen's brother Jeff in ''It's Not the End of the World'' runs away and is missing for several days, apparently out of hope that [[RelationshipSalvagingDisaster it would bring his separated parents back together and force them to reconcile]]. It fails, as Karen's parents instead end up having one of their biggest fights ever, and Karen is forced to finally admit that her parents not only won't reconcile, but are better apart than together.
* SadistTeacher: Deenie has a minor example of one of these in the book of the same name. When she explains that she was unable to turn in an assignment on time because she was being fitted for her Milwaukee brace (in other words, having a medical procedure done and therefore on an excused absence), the teacher replies that this does not sound like a reason to miss class and she shouldn't expect more than a 50% on the assignment.
** Karen in ''It's Not the End of the World'' believes SternTeacher (and former CoolTeacher) Mrs. Singer is also a Sadist Teacher, because she never gives Karen a break on ''anything'' (including forgetting lunch money and giving her a bad grade on a book report for which she hadn't read the book). Karen's friend Debbie rightfully points out that Mrs. Singer's behavior is reasonable and that the teacher doesn't appear to have any vendetta against Karen.

* StageMom: The title character of ''Deenie'' is blessed with not one, but ''two'' examples of this trope - her actual mother and "Aunt" Rae (who isn't Deenie's blood relative, but a close friend of her mother's) - whose attitudes toward Deenie's scoliosis and its implications for her modeling career make her situation that much harder to take (both of them implying that Deenie herself is to blame for developing scoliosis). A more minor example is Debbie's mom in ''It's Not the End of the World'', who pushes her daughter into everything from tennis lessons to drama lessons.
* SternTeacher: Mrs. Singer, Karen's teacher in ''It's Not the End of the World'', is one - she won't loan money to kids who forget their milk money and she gave Karen a D on a book report for which Karen had obviously not read the book. Remembering what a CoolTeacher Mrs. Singer used to be before she got married and looking at her parents' relationship, Karen decides it's getting married that made Mrs. Singer [[TookALevelInJerkass Take A Level In Jerkass]] and vows to never get married.

* TraumaticHaircut: Deenie gives ''herself'' one out of intense self-loathing upon first getting her brace, leaving literally only a few uneven strands, and refuses to let anyone else touch or fix it. The girl in Deenie's class who idolizes everything Deenie does then proceeds to have ''her own'' hair cut in the exact same way, much to Deenie's chagrin.

* DarkerAndEdgier: She's one of the most challenged and banned writers of the 20th century, due to her frank discussion of topics like puberty, menstruation, and masturbation.

* TheRunaway: Karen's brother Jeff in ''It's Not the End of the World'' runs away and is missing for several days, apparently out of hope that it would bring his separated parents back together and force them to reconcile. It fails, as Karen's parents instead end up having one of their biggest fights ever, and Karen is forced to finally admit that her parents not only won't reconcile, but are better apart than together.

* MissingChild: In ''It's Not the End of the World'', Karen wonders if her parents would reconcile if she or one of her siblings went missing, since she's seen TV shows where that happened, and even wonders at one point which of her siblings would make the best kidnap victim. She is disabused of that notion when her older brother Jeff runs away, which not only fails to bring her parents back together, but results in one of their worst fights ever.

* AudienceParticipation: In 2018 she announced that she was finally going to start a serious effort to get film adaptations of her books made, and asked her fans to recommend which ones she should do first. Unfortunately, it wasn't much help as by far the most popular answer was "All of them." The nod went to ''Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret'', which filmed during the spring and early summer of 2021.

* AudienceParticipation: In 2018 she announced that she was finally going to start a serious effort to get film adaptations of her books made, and asked her fans to recommend which ones she should do first. Unfortunately, it wasn't much help as by far the most popular answer was "All of them."

* ''Literature/Deenie''

* StageMom: The title character of ''Deenie'' is blessed with not one, but ''two'' examples of this trope - her actual mother and "Aunt" Rae (who isn't Deenie's blood relative, but a close friend of her mother's) - whose attitudes toward Deenie's scoliosis and its implications for her modeling career make her situation that much harder to take. A more minor example is Debbie's mom in ''It's Not the End of the World'', who pushes her daughter into everything from tennis lessons to drama lessons.

* TheOmniscient: Karen's friend Val in ''It's Not the End of the World''. Val explains it's because she reads ''[[AmericanNewspapers/UsefulNotes The New York Times]]'' cover-to-cover every Sunday.

* SternTeacher: Mrs. Singer, Karen's teacher in ''It's Not the End of the World'', is one - she won't loan money to kids who forget their milk money and she gave Karen a D on a book report for which Karen had obviously not read the book. Karen believes Mrs. Singer is more of a SadistTeacher who is just out to get her, but her friend Debbie rightfully points out that Mrs. Singer's behavior is reasonable and that the teacher doesn't appear to have any vendetta against Karen.

* TraumaticHaircut: Deenie gives ''herself'' one out of intense self-loathing upon first getting her brace, leaving literally only a few uneven strands, and refuses to let anyone else touch or fix it. The girl in Deenie's class who idolizes everything Deenie does then proceeds to cut ''her own'' hair in the exact same way, much to Deenie's chagrin.

* AndIMustScream: In ''It's Not the End of the World'', Karen tries to block out one of her parents' arguments by covering her hears and screaming as loud as she can. Her father is finally forced to give her an ArmorPiercingSlap to end the outburst.

* StageMom: The title character of ''Deenie'' is blessed with not one, but ''two'' examples of this trope - her actual mother and "Aunt" Rae (who isn't Deenie's blood relative, but just a close friend of her relatives) - whose attitudes toward Deenie's scoliosis and its implications for her modeling career make her situation that much harder to take. A more minor example is Debbie's mom in ''It's Not the End of the World'', who pushes her daughter into everything from tennis lessons to drama lessons.