Blume's novels for middle schoolers were among a 1st to tackle such controversial matters when racism (''Iggie's House), menstruation (Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret), divorce (It's Not the End of the World), masturbation (Deenie) and teenage sexuality (Forever''). Fans of Blume's novels own praised her apply of real-life settings, ambivalent endings & gentle humor. Her allegedly ambiguous professional assistance of moral issues processed her at in one case a regular target of school library censors & the religious perfect.

When publishing novels for immature youngsters & teens, Blume tackled a second genre, that of big fiction. Her novels Wifey and its sequel met with luke-caring reception. Several fans of her youngsters's books were angry at her for releasing books by using full-grown themes like adultery.

Around 2004, Blume was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Inside 1996 the American Library Association selected Blume for its Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to young adult literature. [http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/margaretedwards.htm]

List of published works
Works come used by publication date.

The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (Bradbury Press, 1969, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0878881824 ISBN 0027110559 ISBN 0440467314 ''Iggie's House (Bradbury Press, 1970, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0134508580 ISBN 0440440629 Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret (Bradbury Press, 1970, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0130458562 ISBN 0027109917 ISBN 0440404193 Then Again, Maybe I Won't (Bradbury Press, 1971, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0878880356 ISBN 0816144176 Freckle Juice (Four Winds Click, 1971, Paperbacked Dell) ISBN 0027116905 ISBN 0440428130 It's Not the End of the World (Bradbury Press, 1972, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0878880429 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Dutton, 1972, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0525407200 ISBN 1557360154 ISBN 0142302317 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Dutton, 1972, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0525364552 ISBN 0142302287 ISBN 0142400998 Deenie (Bradbury, 1973, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0878880615 ISBN 0525469265 The Pain and the Great One (Bradbury, 1974, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0027111008 Blubber (Bradbury, 1974, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0878880720 ISBN 1557360251 ISBN 0440407079 ISBN 0786273070 Forever (Bradbury, 1975, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0878880798 Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself (Bradbury, 1977, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0878881131 ISBN 0816144486 ISBN 0440482534 Wifey (Putnam, 1978, Paperback Pocketbook) ISBN 0399122419 ISBN 0399152377 Superfudge (Dutton, 1980, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0525405224 ISBN 1557360146 ISBN 0142302295 Tiger Eyes (Bradbury, 1981, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0878881859 ISBN 1557360677 The Judy Blume Diary (Dell, 1981) ISBN 0440442664 Smart Women (Putnam, 1983, Paperback Pocketbook) ISBN 0399128409 ISBN 0399152369 Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could Tell You (Putnam, 1986, Paperback Pocket edition) ISBN 0399131299 Just as Long as We're Together (Orchard Books, 1987, Paperback Dell) ISBN 1557360464 ISBN 0531057291 ISBN 0531083292 Fudge-a-Mania (Dutton, 1990, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0525446729 ISBN 0142302309 Here's to You, Rachel Robinson (Orchard Books, 1993, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0531068013 ISBN 0531086518 Summer Sisters (Delacorte Books, 1998, Paperback Dell) ISBN 0385324057 Places I Never Meant to Be [edited by Judy Blume] (Simon and Shuster, 1999) ISBN 0689820348 Double Fudge (Dutton, 2002, Paperback Penguin 2003) ISBN 0525469265 ==''''