- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books; 3 edition (7 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330398059
- ISBN-13: 978-0330398053
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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- #14 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > B > Blume, Judy
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The classic novel about bullying from America's No.1 children's author.
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Blubber is a thick layer of fat that lies under the skin and over the muscles of whales . . . When Linda innocently reads out her class project, everyone finds it funny. Linda can't help it if she's fat, but what starts as a joke leads to a sustained and cruel ritual of humiliation. Jill knows she should defend Linda, but at first she's too scared. When she eventually stands up to the bullies, she becomes their next victim - and what's worse, Linda is now on their side . . . Judy Blume has written some of the best books of our time about real-life issues – family stress and pressures, what happens when your parents divorce, the problems of growing up and sexual awakening, bereavement – with insight, sensitivity and honesty. The response of readers all around the world continues to make her one of the best-loved writers ever published.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is yet another great book by Judy Blume. It all starts when a plump girl called Linda reads her project on the whale. Her class esp. Jill takes great fun in teasing her and calling her 'Blubber' but the tables soon turn when Jill is teased by the class and is called 'Baby Brenner' by her best fiend. This is a must read if your ever thinking about hurting someones feelings or calling them names.It shows the consequences and how you can be a bully without even knowing it. This book is a short easy read it is probably aimed between the ages of 8-11. I am 12 though and have read it many times.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When chubby Linda reads out her whale prodject she doesn't realise all the teasing was going to be done to her. When she read out her whale project everybody was sniggering. Jill joins in all the cruel and unkind teasing because she thought Linda deserved it, but Linda certainly doesn't. A BRILLIANT READ FOR 9 YEAR OLDS!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have to confess it's a long time since I read any Judy Blume, and I don't think I ever read Blubber before. It's good - the main character takes part in bullying one of the girls in the class (who isn't even particularly fat but just never fights back) and towards the end she finds that she's now the one being bullied. From a writer's point of view it was really interesting to see how the main character was portrayed - it's very difficult to write from the point of view of a bully because you don't want your readers to hate her so much that they put the book down. I thought it was briliantly handled until the last few chapters, when the attention is turned to a new victim. This seemed to fizzle out rather quickly, and the main character didn't have any kind of realisation of how nasty she had been in the past. Maybe I'm being naive, but I'd have liked her to have some kind of moment when she realised that 'what goes around, comes around' and all of that.
It's a fast read though and suitable for children at the middle/top end of primary school. I should think too that it would provoke a lot of discussion.
It's a fast read though and suitable for children at the middle/top end of primary school. I should think too that it would provoke a lot of discussion.
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Review about Blubber from a 10 year old girl
I loved this book but can't believe how mean they were to her.
It made me feel worried about going to high school and that people might be mean to me. Read more
It made me feel worried about going to high school and that people might be mean to me. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Frosties
Making Fun Of Linda
When shy, chubby looking Linda reads out her report on whales and tells the class that the stuff inside them are called blubber, Wendy, the most popular girl in the school says... Read more
Published 21 months ago
Perfect
I read this as a young teen and now my daughter is also working her way through Judy Blume books. Just as relevant today as 20ish years ago.
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by Superstar
love it]
Title: Blubber
Author: Judy Blume
Type of Book: Fiction
Main Characters:
Tracy and Jill
Describe these characters:
They are the best of friends... Read more
Author: Judy Blume
Type of Book: Fiction
Main Characters:
Tracy and Jill
Describe these characters:
They are the best of friends... Read more
Published on 6 July 2008 by Mehajabeen Farid
A good heart touching book
a good book which reflects on young adults trying to get on in life but are dragged down by the cowardness of certain bullys. a book i would recomened anyone to read!
Published on 13 Aug 2000
worth a look
A story about a girl who starts to get friendly with the class bully and joins in namecalling the class outcast but finds that it isn't so nice when the tables are turned . . . Read more
Published on 8 July 2000
A realistic tale
Jill is quick to join in when her class begin to bully Linda..but when they turn on her, she finds that it isn't so nice..
Published on 9 Dec 1999
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