Judy Blume

A six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) see each other as troublemakers and the best-loved in the family.

Trying to be a perfect student and friend is hard enough, but when Rachel develops a crush on her brother's tutor and lands a surprise date with Jeremy, she worries that she may be in over her head.

Stephanie's relationship with her best friend, Rachel, changes during her first year in junior high as she tries to conceal a family problem and meets a new girl from California.

Freckle juice: Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents. The one in the middle is the green kangaroo: Freddy hates being the middle one in the family until he gets a part in the school play.

Contains two previously published novels by Judy Blume.

"Margaret es una nįa a punto de cumplir doce ąos, y a la que le gusta llevar el cabello largo, el at͠n, el aroma de la lluvia y las cosas de color rosa. Acaba de mudarse de la ajetreada Nueva York a un pequęo pueblo de Nueva Jersey. All̕ conocer̀ a sus nuevas amigas: Nancy, Gretchen y Janie, y juntas formar̀n un club secreto para hablar sobre temas ̕ntimos como los chicos, los sostenes y su ansiedad por la primera menstruaci̤n. Pero Margaret...

Spending the summer in Tarrytown, New York, is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she does not want to admit.

"Henry Huggins feels like nothing very exciting ever happens on Klickitat Street...until one day when a friendly dog sits down and looks pleadingly at Henry's ice cream cone. From that moment on, Henry and his new dog, Ribsy, are inseparable--and together, they cause more excitement than Klickitat Street can handle!"--Page 4 of cover.

The author presents letters from children to her confiding their concerns with friendships, families, illness, sexuality, and other problems; and in return, Ms. Blume shares similar moments from her own life, both as a child and as a parent.