It reminds me a lot of teaching middle school - all of the painful friend/not friend, lonely, teasing/showing romantic interest, young teen issues. The companion book to Here's To You, Rachel Robinson. Wow. This tackles a lot of transition - fighting with your best friend, puberty, and your parents having a trial separation/thinking about divorce. Stephanie is a massive optimist who mostly sees the best in people, but when a huge argument occurs to the girls she wonders if that's the right thing to do. When I was done, a male friend of mine in the class found out and put it on the markerboard tray during recess and drew arrows point to it and things like "DIANA R. When I was in 5th grade, the deal was if you got 100% on the spelling test on Monday, you didn't have to take it on Friday. In the book, it talks about three friends, or that's what Stephanie thought. Adults as well as children will recognize such Blume titles as: Are You There God? She has also written three novels for adults, Summer Sisters; Smart Women; and Wifey, all of them New York Times bestsellers. I liked this book much more this time around. There hasn't been a lot of possibility for new music in 2020, but leave it to the one and only Taylor Swift to put out not just one but two phenomenal albums in the middle of a pandemic. As it is, I'm quite happily catching up now, but I know that many of her books, including this one, would have resonated deeply with younger me. Judy Blume is an expert at depicting preteen suburban Jersey Girls in a way that reaches out to girls worldwide. It doesn't seem to really tie things up at all. More than 80 million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into thirty-one languages. Directed by Michael Landon. But she grinds her teeth at night and dreads dinnertime, now that her troublemaker older brother, Charles, has been thrown out of boarding school and is back home, acting up to get attention. It follows the sixth grade year of two best friends, Stephanie Hirsch and Rachel Robinson, as Stephanie befriends a new girl, Allison Monceau. She has his way with words and creating these characters that have so much dimension...my heart! I love books written in the 80s because they bring me back to my youth in a way that few other things do. Having gone through that as well, I related a great deal to this book. She has his way with words and creating these characters that have so much dimension...my heart! But I thought I would give it a whirl since I just got a vintage copy. This was a childhood favorite growing up and I guess I'm getting real nostalgic this Christmas and I reread it. It's a lot to handle when you're young and Blume knows all those feelings. I was not disappointed at all, absolutely love her friendship stories. I will always remember it as the book that made me realize my dad wasn't really on a very long business trip! It was absolutely amazing and I loved the drama! It follows the sixth grade year of two best friends, Stephanie Hirsch and Rachel Robinson, as Stephanie befriends a new girl, Allison Monceau. But, I digress. Stephanie is an average girl making her way through junior high, having two best friends instead of one and the shock of her parents' trial separation. Her introduction to this book got me slightly teary-eyed. The two become best friends. Just as Long as We’re Together - Just as Long as We’re Together audiobook, by Judy Blume... From the New York Times bestselling author of Are You There God? So every Friday, I would go into the little room with the bookshelf and beanbag chair during the spelling test and read, read, read. $7.56 $ 7. Just as Long as We're Together (novel) Book descriptions Stephanie's relationship with her best friend, Rachel, changes during her first year in junior high as she tries to conceal a family problem and meets a new girl from California. 56. Then Stephanie meets this girl named Allison. The emotionally difficult situations of changing friendships and the breakdown of the Hirschs' marriage struck a chord as well. I love books written in the 80s because they bring me back to my youth in a way that few other things do. He got in trouble. The coda is an instrumental track originally called Jelly Jam that was added to the main track, and modified over time to blend into it. I loved this book growing up. The companion book to Just As Long As … Just As Long As We're Together (In My Life There Will Never Be Another) - Gloria Scott (1975) - YouTube Just As Long As We're Together (In My Life There Will Never Be Another) - Gloria Scott … While Mary is going to teach at the Blind School in Winoka, and since financially they can't make a living in Walnut Grove the rest of the Ingalls family goes to Winoka, too. This was my fave book about friendship jealousy and breakups when I was younger and reading it now I still had all the same feelings.All of the book's breakups centre around best friends and families rather than any pointless boy crush related heartache. Welcome back. And the complicated friendships and family relationships while on a hormonal roller coaster - it's all perfect and made me incredibly tense. The one real flaw is that the ending just seems to suddenly appear. This is definitely a book I’ll save to give to my future daughters, if I have any. Never have I been taken back to the pain and torture of 7th grade until now, reading this. It's Me, Margaret; Blubber; Just as Long as We're Together; and the five book series about the irrepressible Fudge. Click on Book List, then on Just as Long as We’re Together and Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson to find out how I chose the titles for these two books, how I named the characters, and more. I miss this world. The novel is narrated by Stephanie 'Steph' Hirsch, who has several changes in her life happening at the same time. This book shows how friendship can be hard but they will always be there for you when you need them. Label: Warner Bros. Records - WBS 8713 • Format: Vinyl 7 Prince - Just As Long As We're Together (1978, Vinyl) | Discogs Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published And the complicated friendships and family relationships while on a hormonal roller coaster - it's all perfect and made me incredibly tense. "EWWWWWWWW!" Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. The main character is a girl named Stephanie. Rachel is Stephanie's best friend. Stephanie is an average girl making her way through junior high, having two best friends instead of one. Having gone through that as well, I related a great deal to this book. Just As Long As We're Together is my favorite by her. I never really minded it much though, other than that I want. She is turning thirteen, her family has just moved, she is starting middle school, her parents are separating, she gains ten pounds over the holidays, she starts menstruating and becoming interested in boys, and her lifelong friendship with the overachieving Rachel Robinson (the later protagonist of Here's to You, Rachel Robinson) is threatened when new girl Alison Monceau (pronounced Mon-So, not Mon-see-u) moves to town. Theres still a few things now which make me cringe like some of the descriptions around Steph's weight gain but ultimately the deep dive of complicated best friendships menas this book is still massively relatable. I read it over and over and over. I read and re-read it many times in my younger years. Ra. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. I am sure I read this many, many years ago, when it was a lot newer. The one real flaw is that the ending just seems to suddenly appear. The novel is narrated by Stephanie Hirsch, who has several changes in her life happening at the same time. Judy Blume is one of my favorite Juvenile Fiction Authors. I was great at spelling. It was my first Judy Blume novel, and it captured perfectly the world of preteen girls that I was in the midst of experiencing. It sounds unlikely, but these girls come across as very real and very likeable. The sentences and vocabulary aren't very complex and the main characters are in 7th grade. The weight stuff is hard to read, and makes my heart ache for Steph. The novel's title is a reference from the popular 1927 song "Side by Side" by Gus Kahn and Harry M. Woods; which Stephanie learned at summer camp and teaches her friends, which she chooses instead her favorite lines in the song: Learn how and when to remove this template message, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could Tell You, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Just_as_Long_as_We%27re_Together_(novel)&oldid=943637716, Articles lacking sources from February 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 March 2020, at 01:51. There were a lot of things that my seventh grade self would have related to. I read this entire book in those 20-minute increments. Is this a middle-grade read or a young adult? She also talked about how it is a STRUGGLE being a part of a trio of friends. The main character also has to deal with her parents' separation and possible divorce. Judy Blume. As Long as We're Together Lyrics: If somehow I was standing / In your room without my boots / With your spider in my hand / And I look at you / And my skin is … It was again one of those books I discovered at the perfect age, and I fell in love. We’d love your help. Just as Long as We're Together is about Stephanie, her best friend Rachel, and the new girl on the block, Alson, and how they tackle their first year of Junor High. I was so worried that this might not be as wonderful as I remembered it. She receives thousands of letters a year from readers of all ages who share their feelings and concerns with her. Please take a moment to review my edit . As today is Ground Hog day, I wish you a very happy Birthday Stephanie. Theres still a few things now which make me cringe like some of the descriptions around Steph's weight gain but ultimately the deep dive of complicated best friendships men. Judy Blume - how do you do it?!? I laughed the whole way through! Refresh and try again. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. But I thought I would give it a whirl since I just got a vintage copy. I never really minded it much though, other than that I wanted the book to keep going beyond the last page. They meet Albert, an orphan who Charles forms an attachment to, even though Laura catches him stealing from the hotel that Charles was managing and Caroline was … “Sometimes I feel grown up and other times I feel like a little kid. Now while I in fact do not always all that much like Stephanie Hirsch, the twelve going on thirteen year old narrator of Judy Blume's Just as Long as We're Together (and actually sometimes do tend to find both her old best friend ultra-organized brainiac Rachel Robinson and even her somewhat flighty and universally popular new best friend Alison Monceau sometimes a bit more universally … Charles gets a job managing a hotel and Caroline runs the Kitchen/Dining room. YA/teen: girl moves & makes 2 new friends, I think one is Asian. I was just a little too old to read this when it was first published in 1987, but the Guess? You can visit me online at www.judyblume.com. When I was in 5th grade, the deal was if you got 100% on the spelling test on Monday, you didn't have to take it on Friday. Directed by Michael Landon. 'Just as long as we' re together' is a thrilling read about three best friends called Alison, Stephanie and Rachel. jeans, the school dances, the fear of nuclear war (thanks to The Day After) rosebud comforter with matching lampshades and jazzercise? Just as Long as We're Together is a young adult novel written by Judy Blume and published in 1987. <3, Having read that "Are You There God, It's Me Margaret" may be made into a movie, I thought it would be fun to re-read some of my favorite Judy Blume books and read ones that I have missed. See 1 question about Just as Long as We're Together…, Young Adult Series Books published in the 80s & 90s, SOLVED. I have just modified one external link on Just as Long as We're Together (novel). She practices the flute 45 minutes a day. The story begins with Marley in a mid-life crisis and her sister not caring very much. I'm being conservative when I say I've read it three times. Maybe cute is the wrong word. Now in seventh grade, Alison moves into the neighborhood. I always loved Judy Blume but unfortunately I am a little too old for these stories to be amazing to me anymore but working with kids I still like to read what they might be reading and I think this is a great book for young people. I have had my fair share of trios and it can definitely be tough to navigate. I read and re-read it many times in my younger years. 'Just as long as we' re together' is a thrilling read about three best friends called Alison, Stephanie and Rachel. I wanted to be just like those girls. Her introduction to this book got me slightly teary-eyed. Just As Long As We're Together is my favorite by her. Stephanie really likes Alison and feels that Rachel is threatened when the twosome becomes a threesome. With Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson. The main character also has to deal with her parents' separation and possible divorce. "GROSS!!" Defin. Just as Long as We're Together is a young adult novel written by Judy Blume and published in 1987. Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. I had read this book back in elementary school and hadn't liked it much then. Judy Blume. I wish everyone in this book was nicer to Steph. A lot of adults still haven't learned this lesson. $12.95 $ 12. The popular author returns to the junior-high age with an episodic story about a three-way friendship during a seventh-grade year. The summary at the top is what I read on the back of the book. The characters to in this to me did not act like 7th graders AT ALL. I'm mad as hell that Goodreads doesn't have the cover of the version that I read, because I liked that cover a LOT. She talked about having good friends and how sometimes they come and go, and she talked about finding your best friend. Tall, super-bright Rachel and narrator Stephanie have been best friends forever. 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