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When ten-year-old Sally and her family spend the winter of 1947 in Florida because her older brother is ill, everything looks very gloomy for her. Her beloved father has to stay in New Jersey to continue his job, the family live in a dingy, cramped flat, she is unhappy at school and ... Sally is sure that Adolf Hitler is alive and living in Miami Beach!
An imaginative girl, Sally is always dreaming up stories, particularly those which feature herself as star of great film spectaculars. She is also very worried about 'Hitler' and keeps a growing file of letters to the local police under her bed while she continues to watch him secretly.
With honesty and understanding, Judy Blume describes how deeply fölt is Sally's unhappiness when uprooted from her home and father. Eventually, Sally adjusts to her new situation, decides what to do about 'Hitler', and during that winter learns a lot about herself and life in the process of growing up.
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historical fiction, bigotry, party lines, racism, antisemitism, sibling rivalry, snowbirds, head lice, nephritis, racial segregation, polio, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Jews, Imagination, History, Family life, Household Moving, Family, Jewish families, Large type books, Children's fiction, Florida, fiction, Family life, fiction, Jews, united states, fiction, Moving, household, fiction, Imagination, fiction, Girls, fiction, Jews, fictionPeople
Sally J. Freedman, Peter Hornstein, Mr. Zavodsky, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Douglas Freedman, Barbara, Andrea Rubin, Christine, Omar, Esther Williams, Margaret O'Brien, Jane Russell, Humphrey Bogart, Bing Crosby, William Halsey Jr., Rita Hayworth, Louise, Arnold, Jackie, Alice, Betsy, Linda, Darlene, Georgia Blue Eyes, Vicki, Ted, Ma Fanny, Aunt Bette, Uncle Jack, Miss Swetnick, Hank, Tante Rose, Lila, Shelby, Harriet GoodmanPlaces
United States, Florida, Miami Beach, Bradley Beach, New Jersey, Southern United States, Brooklyn, New York City, DachauTimes
20th century, 1945, 1947, 1940sShowing 10 featured editions. View all 34 editions?
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
2014-04, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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- Atheneum Books for Young Readers hardcover edition (1)
1481414372 9781481414371
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
2014, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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- Atheneum Books for Young Readers proprietary edition (2)
1481489860 9781481489867
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as herself
2011, MacMillan Children's Books
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1447202872 9781447202875
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
/1993, Yearling
library binding
in English
- printing (48)
0812421922 9780812421927
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
1993?, Yearling
Paperback
in English
- 2nd edition, reprint (19)
0440482534 9780440482536
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
1991-11, Yearling
paperback
in English
- 2nd edition, reprint (1)
0440482534 9780440482536
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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
1986-07, Yearling
paperback
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- Reprint; 2nd Laurel-leaf edition (5)
0440482534 9780440482536
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Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself
1977, Bradbury Press
Hardcover
in English
- printing (7)
0027110702 9780027110708
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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.
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