Summer Sisters, xvi, 24, 82

Superfudge, 58, 142–44, 185, 211

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, 57–58, 115, 142, 144

Then Again, Maybe I Won’t, 39–42, 69, 79, 144, 186

Tiger Eyes, 118, 142, 171–74

Wifey, 4, 81–82, 112–14, 123–30, 131–32, 161

“You Mom, You?,” 6

Blume, Lawrence “Larry” (son)

birth of, 2

childhood of, 4, 47, 58

on mother’s commercial success, 144

mother’s marriage to Kitchens, 115–19, 134–37

parents’ divorce, 108–9

publicity photos of mother and, 136

Blume, Randy (daughter)

birth of, 2

childhood of, 4, 47

child of, 215

Crazy in the Cockpit by, 197–99

mother’s manuscripts read by, 79–80

mother’s marriage to Kitchens, 115–19, 134–37

parents’ divorce, 108–9

publicity photos of mother and, 136

Smart Women (Judy Blume) and characterization of, 195

The Body Project (Brumberg), 34–35

book banning. see censorship

BookTok, 106

Boston Globe, 143

Boston Women’s Health Collective, 70, 167

boys, book themes about

emotional pain portrayed in Forever (Blume), 99–100

It’s OK if You Don’t Love Me (Klein) on, 161–64, 186, 187

puberty of, portrayed in Then Again, Maybe I Won’t (Blume), 39–42, 69, 79, 144, 186

Bradbury Press

Blume’s discovery by Jackson, 10–17

Blume’s working relationship with Jackson, 25–26

censorship and, 167

headquarters of, 101

sale of, 198

Braden, Tom, 183

Brock, Judy, 140

Brown, Claude, 186

Brownmiller, Susan, 47

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs, 34–35, 89

Buchanan, Pat, 183–84

bullying, Blubber (Blume) on, 144, 176–77, 186–88

“A Bunny’s Tale” (Steinem), 4

Burger, Warren E., 165

Burns, Mary, 210

Bust magazine, 39, 49, 110, 132