Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself

5.0 / 5
1977
298 pages
historical fictionbigotryparty linesracismantisemitismsibling rivalrysnowbirdshead licenephritisracial segregationpolioFiction

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself is a 1977 young adult novel by Judy Blume. The story is set in 1947 and follows the imaginative 10-year-old Sally, who likes to make up stories in her head, her family moves from New Jersey to Miami Beach. While not as controversial as some of her other novels, Blume does manage to address the following themes of late 1940s life in America: racism, anti-Semitism and sibling rivalry. ---------- Also contained in: [Novels (Iggie's House / It's Not the End of the World / Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself) ](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27714093W)

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