When Judy Blume’s "Forever" first hit shelves in 1975, it sparked controversy — and connection. The novel’s candid exploration of teenage love and sex was revolutionary, giving young readers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexis McGill Johnson doesn’t know if she would have been allowed to read Judy Blume’s “Forever” in junior high school, but at the ...

The controversial book was adapted for TV.

ABOVE: Michael Cooper Jr., left, as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark in “Forever.” LEFT: From left, Michael Cooper Jr. Wood Harris and Karen Pittman in “Forever.” (Photos Courtesy of ...

Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark in "Forever," a Netflix series based on Judy Blume's novel. Spoiler alert! We're discussing major plot details from the new series ...

Remembering Judy Blume’s books without replaying our own childhood memories might be impossible. This is mainly a guess, formulated after reading passionate reactions to Mara Brock Akil’s “Forever,” a ...

When Judy Blume started writing in the late 1960s, the young-adult category was dominated by what were known as “problem novels”, said Katy Waldman in The New Yorker: books that “took up social issues ...

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When Judy Blume’s “Forever” first hit shelves in 1975, it sparked controversy — and connection. The novel’s candid exploration of teenage love and sex was revolutionary, giving young readers ...