Superfudge

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Title:  Superfudge

 Author:  Judy Blume

 Characters: Peter, Fudge, Mom, Dad, and Tootsie

This book is about a boy named Peter that lives in New York and he has a little brother named Fudge.  They live in an apartment and his mom is pregnant and due to have the baby on February 26; they named her Tootsie.  Peter does not initially like having a baby sister.  He is so upset about the new baby that he wants to move out.  Peter calls his grandma to ask if he can move in with her but she is on vacation in Boston.  Then Peter asks his friend Jimmy Fargo if he can move in with him but Jimmy`s father says no.  Two weeks later Peter’s parents announce they are moving to Princeton.  Peter thinks his parents are joking because he does not want to move.  They pack up their stuff and move to Princeton.  A month later, Peter meets a new friend named Alex Santo and they go to school together.  Fudge goes to kindergarten and on the first day of school he kicks his teacher because she calls him by his real name, which he does not like.  So Fudge gets moved to another kindergarten class where the teacher calls him Fudge and he is happy.  Fudge also makes a new friend named Daniel who has very bad manners.  After they live in Princeton for a year, they move back to New York and everyone is happy.  Tootsie speaks her first words, “Nu Yuck.”         

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I like this book because it is funny and cute and it shows how the author is and how funny she can be.  Judy Blume has written other books like Double Fudge, Fudge-a-Mania and Sheila the Great.  I recommend you read the books if you are age 9 to 15.