I read this entire book in those 20-minute increments. Click on Book List, then on Just as Long as We’re Together and Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson to find out how I chose the titles for these two books, how I named the characters, and more. Judy Blume. A hilarious book about growing up and some how very relatable. Then Stephanie meets this girl named Allison. I was great at spelling. It's Me, Margaret; Blubber; Just as Long as We're Together; and the five book series about the irrepressible Fu. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I could relate to all the characters, especially Stephanie... She reminded me of myself when I was that age! I loved this book growing up. I wanted to be just like those girls. … I always loved Judy Blume but unfortunately I am a little too old for these stories to be amazing to me anymore but working with kids I still like to read what they might be reading and I think this is a great book for young people. But, I digress. Since the second grade they have shared all their secrets, good and bad. It doesn't seem to really tie things up at all. But I thought I would give it a whirl since I just got a vintage copy. I read and re-read it many times in my younger years. This tackles a lot of transition - fighting with your best friend, puberty, and your parents having a trial separation/thinking about divorce. Can the girls' friendship be saved? However the book is from Stephanie's point of view and she doesn't realize there is a problem until Rachel and she have a fight on page 241. She also talked about how it is a STRUGGLE being a part of a trio of friends. The popular author returns to the junior-high age with an episodic story about a three-way friendship during a seventh-grade year. Together Lyrics: Oh, we could be on a desert / Lost without a place to go / But we are so in love / In love with each other / That we wouldn't even know / (Oh-oh, I) I don't care (I don't care Click on Book List, then on Just as Long as We’re Together and Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson to find out how I chose the titles for these two books, how I named the characters, and more. I was so worried that this might not be as wonderful as I remembered it. I'm a little unsure how she managed to mostly pass me by, as I would have adored her. So I already had a kinship with this book when I started and it just got better. I love books written in the 80s because they bring me back to my youth in a way that few other things do. I love books written in the 80s because they bring me back to my youth in a way that few other things do. Judy Blume is one of my favorite Juvenile Fiction Authors. They go to school dance together [s]. $12.95 $ 12. It was my first Judy Blume novel, and it captured perfectly the world of preteen girls that I was in the midst of experiencing. Her best friend is Rachel. This book was no exception. Label: Warner Bros. Records - WBS 8713 • Format: Vinyl 7 Prince - Just As Long As We're Together (1978, Vinyl) | Discogs I was just a little too old to read this when it was first published in 1987, but the Guess? When I was done, a male friend of mine in the class found out and put it on the markerboard tray during recess and drew arrows point to it and things like "DIANA R. When I was in 5th grade, the deal was if you got 100% on the spelling test on Monday, you didn't have to take it on Friday. Having gone through that as well, I related a great deal to this book. I am sure I read this many, many years ago, when it was a lot newer. Having gone through that as well, I related a great deal to this book. The novel is narrated by Stephanie Hirsch, who has several changes in her life happening at the same time. This was my first 'obsession' book. Just as Long as We're Together was Prince's second single released from his 1978 debut album For You. YA/teen: girl moves & makes 2 new friends, I think one is Asian. This was a childhood favorite growing up and I guess I'm getting real nostalgic this Christmas and I reread it. This book was no exception. This was a favorite of mine as an adolescent, and it was fun to read again as an adult! To this day, 20 years later, I still remember that it's Stephanie's birthday on Feb 2. The novel is narrated by Stephanie 'Steph' Hirsch, who has several changes in her life happening at the same time. She is turning thirteen, her family has just moved, she is starting middle school, her parents are separating, she gains ten pounds over the holidays, she starts menstruating and becoming interested in boys, and her lifelong friendship with the overachieving Rachel Robinson (the later protagonist of Here's to You, Rachel Robinson) is threatened when new girl Alison Monceau (pronounced Mon-So, not Mon-see-u) moves to town. Can they help Rachel learn to lighten up? I read and re-read it many times in my younger years. Can anyone? The book shows that all friends are important new and old and that you should try to solve the problem you have with them before they get worse. It's a lot to handle when you're young and Blume knows all those feelings. 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