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A short bookography

The first book I remember ever truly loving was Amelia Bedilia. That was one crazy maid. My mom checked these books out from the library and we would read them together and scream with laughter. My elementary school teacher, Mrs. Balunis at Van Holten School in Bridgewater, New Jersey, celebrated Amelia Bedelia day by dressing up in a maid uniform and bringing in lemon meringue pie.

In fourth grade I also made my way to Judy Blume via Freckle Juice. I liked Freckle Juice a lot but in hindsight
I realize it was only a vehicle to get me to that book of books Are You There God? It's me, Margaret. 
I remember reading this with my best friend and talking about it during lunch. By the way, my favorite lunch that year was the strange breaded cutlet thing that if you didn't look at too closely actually tasted pretty good.

The summer after eighth grade I traveled with my parents in a light blue Lincoln Continental from New Jersey to Los Angeles, California for my cousin Dawn's wedding. I discovered the Silhouette First Love series and was totally hooked. This was the first series of books for teens that dealt with relationships and I devoured them. Each month four new titles came out and I would race down to the bookstore on Main Street in Sommerville at the start of the month to see if the new arrivals were on display. Each book featured a girl and a boy on the cover in some sort of romantic pose. They were dreamy.

Two books I remember from the beginning of high school are Beverly Cleary's The Luckiest Girl and Paula Danzinger's The Pistachio Prescription. Both of these books had characters that didn't exactly fit in with the mainstream kids at school.