Bodily fluids, unfortunate squelching, herpes and morning-after pill related nausea are almost always glossed over. So many YA novels fade to black as the young lovers roll off-screen to penetrate each other. The Hunger Games casually features twenty-two murdered children, The (very dark) Bunker Diary won the 2014 Carnegie Medal but sex, inexplicably for something most of us are doing on the regular, remains shocking. Sex is, I would say without question, the only taboo left in YA. This is, after all, a book that deals so honestly with sex in an environment obsessed with gatekeepers (who often don’t exist) and parental complaints.
I wonder if Forever would struggle to get published now. BFF: Two novels by Judy Blume-Just As Long As Were Together/Heres to You, Rachel Robinson (Best Friends Forever) Hardcover 27 March 2007 by Judy Blume (Author) 4. Spoiler alert: the eventual drift in affection Katherine experiences is as authentic as the first flush of love she feels. Of course, it’s not just a book about sex it’s a book about Michael and Katherine’s relationship and the sweet and sour nature of first love. BFF: Just as Long as Were Together/Heres to You, Rachel Robinson: Two Novels (Best Friends Forever) by Judy Blume (2) Hardcover on. It’s so exploratory it almost borders on non-fiction. BFF: Two novels by Judy Blume-Just As Long As We're Together/Here's to You, Rachel Robinson (Best Friends Forever) Kindle Edition by Judy Blume (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 80 ratings 4.3 on Goodreads 681 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 18.99 29 Used from 1.89 5 New from 14. Yet, there’s still something pure and undiluted about the examination of sex in Forever.
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