I remember being intrigued by the book Deenie by Judy Blume. I was in 4th grade and found it on the tiny bookshelf in our classroom. I remember finding it kind of cool and sophisticated, and passing it around to the other girls in my class. Looking back, that book was totally awful, and the characters were horrible to each other. I found that I was never really a fan of Judy Blume. Her mother characters tended to be dysfuctional people.