"Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing" is the first book of the "Fudge" books by Judy Blume. This story is based on some events that Judy Blumes son went throught as a little one. Peter is the main character, a fourth grader who has nothing but problems with his little brother Farley, aka "Fudge." Fudge is two years old and has much too much energy, and gets into everything (especially Peter's things). Peter goes throughout his fourth grade year seeing his dad lose a major account with Juicy-O because of Fudge being loud and disgusting; winning a turtle, then losing it to Fudge's stomach; working on a group project with his classmates Jimmy and Sheila, then having it colored on by Fudge. Judy Blume uses so many realistic things that everyone who has younger brothers/sisters goes through.
"Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great," is a great book for girls of different ages. Judy Blume captured the art of friendship in a very great form of what many young girls go through especially in middle school. Sheila goes out of town for the summer with her family and makes many new friends...the only problem is Sheila always acts as if she can do anything, and that she is the greatest! That would be fine except she has many fears that she can hardly stand, like dogs, water, and the dark. After a fight with her new friends Sheila learns that it is more important to be yourself, and face your fears than to lie, and run away from them. I believe that most girls in middle school can relate to trying to fit in with their friends and possibly lying to be more accepted. Judy portrays the ways girls interact very realistically and holds the reader in by connecting through experience.
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