Then Again, Maybe I Won't

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Summary: A good book for girls and boys!
Review: I got this book for Christmas from my aunt. I am a girl, and just like Tony, I am 13. This book was so good that my friends and i read it together! We use to think that guys didnt have to go through anything at all when it came to puberty, or that they had no inseccurities, but boy, were we wrong! We now realize that guys go through almost the same emotional and physical changes as girls. We have now learned to be more sensitive to things we say to guys. Without this book I am sure my friends and I would still be believing that only girls had it bad. I recommend this book to all girls (or boys) who think the way I use to!

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Summary: How does an adult woman know so much about boys?
Review: I haven't thought about this book in years, but when I chanced upon it at a yard sale I just had to read it again. I remember when I first read it, (I must have been about 10), I kept wondering what on earth that kid was doing to himself. Some five or six years later I figured it out... I also remember that my Mom was horrified when she saw me reading it, but didn't want to explain why she thought I shouldn't. Unfortunately, she died a couple of years later so I had to learn sex ed from school and books. Reading Judy Blume definitely helped me to realize that sex was a completely normal thing, and not to be ashamed of the changes within me.

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Summary: Excellent book for adolescent teens.
Review: I read this book by chance in my junior-high school reading class, and never forgot it. Now that I am revisiting it years later, I feel as though I am the child in the story. His emotions relate to my childhood feelings in so many ways, I can hardly believe it myself.

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Summary: It's a terrific book
Review: I think "Then Again, Maybe I Won't" is not as interesting as "Tiger Eyes" but still I think "Then Again, Maybe I Won't" is pretty good. I think it might have been better if I'm a boy, seeing things in the boy's kind of view. I recommend this book to those who love Judy Blume's book.

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Summary: A Classic Blume Book
Review: In a classic coming-of-age story, Judy Blume writes with all the compassion and understanding she can muster for a young boy.
A woman writing about the trials and tribulations of adolescence (including all the baddies: wet dreams and all) might seem a dangerous undertaking. Blume makes it work. This is a grand story that has you truly understanding what the protagonist is going through.
It's primarily a book for and about boys; however, a girl would do well to read this and at least start to understand what boys have to deal with.
A well-written story with well-developed characters, this book is on any number of must-read lists for teens.


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Summary: Still a fan of Judy Blume though
Review: Judy Blume's wonderful book should not be missed by any child about to enter the turbulent years of adolescence. When I first read this book as a fifth-grader, it mean little to me beyond the facially charming stories. As I travelled down the sometimes-painful corridors of pubescence, it became a constant companion that helped me through the ever-increasing trials. I, too, had an "older sister" that was the subject of my ocular ministrations. This book is real, in a way that I truly needed at that critical time. I hope everyone derives as much benefit from it as I have. Even now, I think back on those few crucial passages with visible delight. Many's the time . . .

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Summary: Delicate sentimentality
Review: Judy Blume's wonderful book should not be missed by any child about to enter the turbulent years of adolescence. When I first read this book as a fifth-grader, it mean little to me beyond the facially charming stories. As I travelled down the sometimes-painful corridors of pubescence, it became a constant companion that helped me through the ever-increasing trials. I, too, had an "older sister" that was the subject of my ocular ministrations. This book is real, in a way that I truly needed at that critical time. I hope everyone derives as much benefit from it as I have. Even now, I think back on those few crucial passages with visible delight. Many's the time . . .

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Summary: Nicely written.
Review: There are hundreds of stories about coming of age. But most are told in the female perspective. Judy Blume's Then Again, Maybe I won't, is written in the male perspective. This is a nice changein young adult literature. Tony is a typical boy who lives in a suburb and his life is pretty normal. That is until his father invents some type of electrical circuit which gets his family extremely rich. Tony and his family move to a rich, classy neighborhood. There, he realizes how money changes people. He also makes a friend who has a terrible shoplifting habit. Should Tony tell someone? Tony also is growing up. The one flaw to the story was the ending. But, as far as YA fiction goes, it is well-done.

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Summary: Nicely written.
Review: There are hundreds of stories about coming of age. But most are told in the female perspective. Judy Blume's Then Again, Maybe I won't, is written in the male perspective. This is a nice changein young adult literature. Tony is a typical boy who lives in a suburb and his life is pretty normal. That is until his father invents some type of electrical circuit which gets his family extremely rich. Tony and his family move to a rich, classy neighborhood. There, he realizes how money changes people. He also makes a friend who has a terrible shoplifting habit. Should Tony tell someone? Tony also is growing up. The one flaw to the story was the ending. But, as far as YA fiction goes, it is well-done.

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Summary: My All-Time Favorite Book!
Review: This book has been a favorite of mine ever since I read it in sixth grade, fourteen years ago. Since then I have read it countless times, relishing every page. The hero in the story, Tony Miglione, is very likeable as he goes through the trials and tribulations of growing up, searching for friends and dreaming of the beautiful girl next door. Reading this book should be mandatory for all boys!