Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10440 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Synopsis
Katherine and Michael meet at a New Year's Eve party. They're attracted to each other, they grow to love each other. And once they've decided their love is forever, they make love. It's the beginning of an intense and exclusive relationship, with a future all planned. Until Katherine's parents insist that she and Michael put their love to the test with a summer apart..."Forever" is written for an older age group than Judy Blume's other novels for children. It caused a storm of controversy when it was first published because of its explicit sexual content. It was a book ahead of its time - and remains, after thirty years in print, a teenage best-seller. America's No. 1 children's author has written some of the best books of our time about real-life issues - family stress and pressures, what happens when your parents divorce, the problems of growing up and sexual awakening, bereavement - with insight, sensitivity and honesty. The response of readers all around the world continues to make her one of the best-loved writers ever published.

Customer Reviews

Unforgettable
I actualy love this book, even thought its over 30 years since its been writen, the issues in the book havn't chanaged. I can completely relate to what Kath goes through.
I so wanted it to work out between them, and it all be okay, but thats not how real life works, and its not how the book is.
But, saying that , its not like the book had one of them horrible soppy ending , its just how real life is.
A definite read for anyone 12 upwards, and i only say 12 upwards because some of the scenes in the book are a little explicit.
A timeless book, well wortth reading.

A bit too simplistic
This book was alright. That's the best I can say about it. I read it from cover to cover relatively quickly but I don't think that has anything to do with the "captivating" story line, more to do with the fact that it is very short and very, very simply written.
The story line was okish but Katherine fell for Micheal much quicker than it would happen in normal life which made it seem pretty unrealistic. The explicit nature of the book was actually quite well written, as in it was quite realistic, though the characters were a bit flat and uninteresting.
I don't know, if you're looking for something to read really quickly then this book would be pretty good for you but otherwise I wouldn't recomend it, unless you want to learn more about the nature of sex. If that's the case then you'd probably find this book quite helpful actually. I still didn't really enjoy it.

Mildly interesting, a great eye-opener
Well basically if you already didn't know, this is the story of a 17/18 year old girl, Katherine, who believes she has fallen in love, the novel explores her feelings towards sex and follows her through the journey of losing her virginity.

WARNING explicit detail
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For me the plot moved a little too fast, covering over a year in this short book. I didn't really connect with many of the characters, espically Kath's boyfriend, Michael. I couldn't understand how she could possibly be in love with this boy as i felt no chemistry between the couple, but am i forgetting that the book is trying to point out that love comes with maturity?

I would recomend this book to young teenagers as i think they could relate to the situations faced. It is a real eye opener to sex but potraied in a subtle way.

Not my cup of tea but i'm sure others would enjoy it.