I really enjoyed this book and I think that it's important to understand what this book is, before deciding to read it. This book is not just a specific biography of Judy Blume. Of course, there is biographical information about Judy and her life because its necessary to understand. Instead it is about Judy's life with a focus on each of her books, their cultural impact and how they were connected to the past and today.

You don't need to have read Judy's books to enjoy this book. The book summarizes many of her novels and discusses why each novel's content was important or groundbreaking at the time. It connects the content of the books to both Judy's life and the general need in society that Judy felt she was filling with each book. 

This book has a lot of information on the history of book banning and sex education within the United States, and how past political choices have landed us to the book banning movement of today. It discusses the feminism movements within the United States and how various rights gained by women throughout the 20th century contributed to the evolution of Judy's writing and general child and teen fiction and education. 

I tandem read this book starting with print and switching over to audio. It's a great read and although I didn't read many of Judy Blume's books growing up, I found this book engaging and the content and context of her work to be very interesting. 

Disclosure: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher. I purchased the audiobook myself.