Blubber

Kids can be cruel. It's a cliche, but it most certainly has some truth behind it. And no author better portrayed the mentality behind bullying better than Judy Blume did in "Blubber." The protaganist of "Blubber", Jill, is just an average girl who joins her class in the persecution of an overweight girl, Linda. She goes along with this persecution because she wants to fit in with her classmates and because of the sheer "fun" of it. It's real life, and anyone who has experienced Junior High School will recognize this vicious cycle of bullies, follow-the-leaders, and victims.

This is not a sitcom. There is no contrived happy ending or clear-cut victory for anyone. Linda is not a particularly likeable character. The ringleader of the bullies, Wendy, never gets her comeuppence. It's real life. Bullies get away with being creeps, and not every victim is a wonderful person. "Blubber" is a disturbing, but honest book.

I think this story is very well written! Wendy is so cruel!!!! I can't belive that she can make everyone do as she asks! Like the part when she made linda show her underwear to all the boys, making her eat the bug, making linda kiss a boy, and making her say cruel things! iF I were teased like that I'll be a brick wall just like Jill!! Yea!!! I love this booK!!!

I think that this is a great book ! It’s about a girl called Linda who gets bullied by most of her classmates. Wendy is the one who started this whole thing! Then the whole class starts to bully another girl called Jill Brenner, who just lets the fun end where it does!

Just because you look different doesn't mean others have the right to pick on you -- this is the great moral to come out of another stellar novel by Judy Blume. This should be required reading for today's school children.