- Paperback: 201 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books; Unabridged edition (9 April 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330398040
- ISBN-13: 978-0330398046
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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80,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #13 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > B > Blume, Judy
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The popular author returns to the junior-high age with an episodic story about a three-way friendship during a seventh-grade year. Tall, super-bright Rachel and narrator Stephanie have been best friends forever. When diminutive Alison - a Vietnamese adoptee whose mother is a well-known TV star - moves to their neighborhood, she easily joins their circle; Alison's unassuming charm makes her everyone's favorite, and her family is pleasantly ordinary. Meanwhile, Stephanie is beset by various pressures: Rachel neglects to tell her that she's been transferred to an accelerated math class; more important, Dad is "away on business" for months. When it turns out at Thanksgiving that her parents are trying a separation, it is a total surprise to Stephanie, partly because of her self-absorption, partly because her parents have dropped astonishingly few hints. Stephanie's angry response includes a food binge; the resulting fat complicates possible friendships with boys, who are just starting to be more interesting. Come spring, Stephanie begins to accept her parents' wish to live apart; a quarrel with Rachel, the inevitable consequence of the year's tensions and jealousies, is sorted out; and she loses weight. Blume still excels at assembling the minutiae and concerns of today's young with a humorous style and enough insight to win her readers. Devotees will set themselves a valuable precedent by reading a book of this length. Light; sure to please. (Kirkus Reviews)
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Stephanie and Rachel have been best friends for years, in spite of their differences. Alison is new in town, and immediately becomes an integral part of their group. But is it possible to have two best friends? And how can you call anyone a friend if you can't tell them your most painful secrets?
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Book I Kept Reading as a Teenager....,
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This review is from: Just as Long as We're Together (Paperback)
I read Just as Long as We're Together several times throughout my teens and still own it in my collection now, many years later. As with most of Judy Blumes books, it's a fictional story based on Steph who leads the life of a typical teenager and is tackling the typical problems a teenager faces - problems with friendships new & old, boy issues, puberty, divorse and a tiny bit of world peace. Judy Blume has written lots of books aimed at kids, teenagers and adults all of which are close to reality and all help inform and educate the reader. This book was definitely my favourite. Well worth a read, or two.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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5 stars,
By miztli.cadena@talk21.com (england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Just as Long as We're Together (Paperback)
This book has been very well written. it discribes what fun it is to be a 13 year old girl as well as the many problems of being 13 too. This book is not at all superficial and is written to fit the average kind of girl.when stephanie has two best friends things are great at first. Towards the middle of the book that when you get all the problems of having two best friends, secrets are being kept from eachother.All three three of them have a leval of secrecy and confusion and lies. but stephanie has the biggest secret of all. the book is topped off with the humar with funny lines and catchy comments. This book also has a deeper meaning which judy blume explores thoroughly. This is a very good book!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent- for teenagers !!,
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This review is from: Just as Long as We're Together (Paperback)
This is a brilliant and interesting realistic book. It relates to everyday life and you go along reading the book and being able to picture the scene in your mind, extremely clearly.
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