![]() ” and “Blubber” and, if you ask, will require very little encouragement to voice their devotion to the author. But it will be old news to the several generations of avid readers, predominantly but not exclusively girls, who have grown up on the likes of “Deenie,” “Forever. Judy Blume Forever is a loving portrait of the writer and a survey of her influence. Blume’s “Fudge” books first-hand (including “Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing”). As directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, “Judy Blume Forever” is a sales pitch in many ways, which might be useful for someone like this reviewer, who knows only Ms. Blume and her fans reveals a relationship between writer and reader that has been, in some cases, close to therapeutic. Theyre attracted to each other, they grow to love each other. Blume one of the more successful and controversial authors of young-adult fiction of the past 50 years, and, for some, a source of solace: Yale University’s collection of correspondence between Ms. Katherine and Michael meet at a New Years Eve party. The results-among them “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” which will be released in a big-screen adaptation later this month-have made Ms. ![]()
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