tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post7401255925173339571..comments2024-03-26T17:32:38.865-04:00Comments on YA Outside the Lines: Hooked on realism (Jennifer R. Hubbard)Brian Katcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159532800819759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-90534115419556284922018-09-03T10:12:23.384-04:002018-09-03T10:12:23.384-04:00It's good to know that I'm not the only wh...It's good to know that I'm not the only who prefers "ordinary" stories. I like some of those supernatural stories, but it's easier to relate to the "ordinary" ones. Judy Blume was one of my favorites because she really honed in on the things that teenagers and preteens thought about, everything from training bras, first kisses, and what it was like when their parents got divorced. I like how she portrayed these things exactly as how a teenager or preteen would think about them, not as how an adult would.Neurotic Workaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775298184138766683noreply@blogger.com