Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
Librarian's Note: This is alternate cover edition #1ISBN 10: 0440482534ISBN13: 9780440482536See: Original Record Here When Sally’s family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947, she is excited and nervous at the same time. What will school be like in Florida? Will she make any friends? Will...
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Librarian's Note: This is alternate cover edition #1ISBN 10: 0440482534ISBN13: 9780440482536See: Original Record Here When Sally’s family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947, she is excited and nervous at the same time. What will school be like in Florida? Will she make any friends? Will she fit in so far away from home?Miami Beach has so many things to worry and
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Pages no: 298
Edition language: English
Part of my Judy Blume re-reading marathon, Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself is another book that holds up well to decades-later re-reads. I'll admit Sally isn't my favourite Blume character: she's a romantic and a hyper-imaginative child growing up in an era absolutely drowning in fodder for h...
This is the first time I've read this as an adult -- I reread it incessantly as a child. "Sally J. Freedman" may be the best shot Blume has at a book that will outlive her. She is perfectly convincing at expressing a child's innocent bafflement at the concept of human evil. The stories Sally invents...