Judy Blume

Have you thought about it God? About my growing, I mean. I’ve got a bra now. It would be nice if I had something to put in it

She said we should all write down who we wanted to dance with and she’d see what she could do about it. It turned out that we all wanted Philip Leroy, so Nancy said, “Forget it—I’m no magician.”

Our meeting ended with fifty rounds of “We must—we must—we must increase our bust!”

had to sit facing Laura Danker. I hated her. I hated her for being so big and beautiful and having all the boys stare at her