Nine reasons to scoop up Judy Blume's tales of Fudge Hatcher.

From: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX) | Date: February 11, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Amanda Rogers

Judy Blume introduced the world to 6-year-old Fudge, aka Farley Drexel Hatcher, and his family in 1972 with her children's chapter-book classic "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing." Kids (who by now are grown-ups with kids of their own) fell in love with fourth-grader Peter, whose trials in life included a know-it-all neighbor, Shelia Tubman, and a pesky little brother, Fudge, who swallowed his pet turtle.

Blume went on to write 23 books, b...

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