Katherine and Michael meet at a New Year's Eve party. They're attracted to each other, they grow to love each other. And once they've decided their love is forever, they make love.
It's the beginning of an intense and exclusive relationship, with a future all planned. Until Katherine's parents insist that she and Michael put their love to the test with a summer apart...
"Forever" is written for an older age group than Judy Blume's other novels for children. It caused a storm of controversy when it was first published because of its explicit sexual content.
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I
read this book purely because whenever anyone mentions Judy Blume to me
they talk about this book. Don't get me wrong I can certainly see why
at the time of the release and even up to maybe 10 years there was a lot
of fuss made. For the time the way in which it deals with teenage sex
must have been very controversial and I certainly cannot think of
anything published at the same time that I've read that compares to it.
However I'm not sure this book really stands the test of time especially in an ever increasing YA market where the quality of the books written just gets better and better. For me the characters and the plot were not developed enough and the story itself therefore felt like it was lacking. The way in which it looks at teenage sex again is very reserved and in the day and age we live in where teenagers can access anything and everything via the Internet I don't think it really goes far enough to educate the modern teenager about the types of situations and choices they might be faced with.
All in all possibly one for you if you read it as a child due to the nostalgia but other than that not one I'd recommend.
However I'm not sure this book really stands the test of time especially in an ever increasing YA market where the quality of the books written just gets better and better. For me the characters and the plot were not developed enough and the story itself therefore felt like it was lacking. The way in which it looks at teenage sex again is very reserved and in the day and age we live in where teenagers can access anything and everything via the Internet I don't think it really goes far enough to educate the modern teenager about the types of situations and choices they might be faced with.
All in all possibly one for you if you read it as a child due to the nostalgia but other than that not one I'd recommend.
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