Author | Judy Blume |
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Language | English |
Genre | Young adult |
Publisher | Bradbury Press |
Publication date | 1974 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 153 pp |
ISBN | 0-87888-072-0 |
OCLC | 1131889 |
LC Class | PZ7.B6265 Bl |
Blubber is a children's novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. The narrator is Jill Brenner, a Pennsylvania fifth-grader[1] who joins her classmates in ostracizing and bullying Linda, an awkward and overweight girl. Linda gives an oral class report about whales and is hence nicknamed "Blubber" by her peers.