When Was Blubber First Published?

Blubber is a children's novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. The narrator of the story is Jill Brenner, a Pennsylvania fifth-grader who joins her classmates in ostracizing and bullying Linda, an awkward and overweight girl.

When was blubber written?

Written in 1974, BLUBBER gives a brutally honest look at bullying among grade school kids.

Why is blubber a banned book?

Blubber is book in which the narrator is a 5th grade girl named Jill. ... One of the reasons this book was banned is because the bully is never punished. Adults did/do not like the idea of children reading a book in which the message is that bullies aren't always punished, and things don't always have a happy ending.

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