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part of UMHB's READ, I read "Double Fudge" by Judy Blume, This contemporary realistic fiction novel for gradesis actually the fifth in the Fudge series, It follows Peter Hatcher and his crazy family on their trip to Washington, D, C. where they meet their extended family, Peter's younger brother Farley Drexel "Fudge" develops a borderlineobsessive interest in money in this story, This leads to a trip to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to learn about how money is made, Instead of Fudge losing his interest in money as his family hoped, his obsession grows even more, Soon, the family meets up with their distant cousins, the Howie Hatchers, This eclectic, slightly pretentious family irritates Peter to no end, from Howie the park ranger, to Eudora his pregnant wife, to their spoiled rotten twin girls.
The worst part of this visit for Fudge, however, is the youngest in the Howie Hatchers: fiveyearold Farley Drexel, who shares a name with Fudge.
When the Howie Hatchers decide that they will be living with Peter's family for several weeks, chaos ensues,
This book is in the contemporary realistic fiction genre because it is set in, the year of publication of Double Fudge, It is set in Washington, D, C. as well as New York, where Peter and his family live, The theme of Double Fudge is family, You'll be in stitches reading Double Fudge! Its silly humor will keep you guessing and giggling, While the book is the fifth in the Fudge series, you don't have to read them in order to understand the story, Whether you'reor, you'll love this silly, heartfelt story about the importance of family, . . and maybe learn a thing or two about money! It was nice to catch up with Fudge one last time, He isyears old now and still a mess, He gets fixated on money and it really doesn't bring on the humor, The whole thing with meeting the father's cousin in DC and then they stop by for a sleep over was pretty funny stuff, I enjoyed that part. It was a little like Christmas Vacation, There is a trip to DC to see how money is printed, Halloween, a cool Manhattan apartment andvery creepy twins,

I did enjoy this and I think it was the weakest in the series, They are still good characters, I enjoyed the parts about Uncle Feather, their Myna bird, He was was crazy in the story too, In, Judy Blume stepped forward and handed the world TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING,

It was a book that took the world of juvenile fiction by storm, and I've always thought of it as the perfect yang offering to Ms.
Blume's earlier yin bestseller for girls, ARE YOU THERE GOD IT'S ME, MARGARET,

TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING introduced readers, everywhere, to the Hatcher brothers,yearold Peter, andyearold Fudge,

Peter and Fudge are products of the lates, boys who know nothing about bicycle helmets or adult supervision, That's what we love about them: they either represent the lives that we once had or wished we once had,

And, who can't cheer for Peter, the relatable eldest child, constantly plagued by a little brother who drives him bonkers And, who can't cheer for Fudge, the kid who gets away with murder

The original book was so successful, it turned into a series of five books.


It should have ended at four,

The first three books in the series were written within the same decade, and you can almost see the bell bottom pants on the boys and hear Loggins and Messina in the background, playing on the radio.
The fourth book, though written in, managed to maintain its original purity,

Then, inand, Ms, Blume made two big mistakes: she or her publisher went back into the original books and made changes, and she wrote this fifth offering, DOUBLE FUDGE.


I've already ranted about these changes record albums had been turned into CDs, MPplayers were given for Christmas, in my review of SUPERFUDGE, and I worked through my feelings about them, reluctantly, but the changes in DOUBLE FUDGE are unforgivable.


When you write fiction, you ask your readers to suspend all disbelief you ask them to believe that the characters that you have created in your mind and your heart are real.


That means that, in DOUBLE FUDGE, Peter Hatcher is getting ready to celebrate histh birthday in, and Fudge is getting ready to turn, in the same year.


Hell, Loggins and Messina haven't even broken up yet,

But, when Fudge and Peter start talking about Harry Potter and their recent car ride home, where they listened to HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR'S STONE on a book on tape in the car, page, I threw our library copy across the room ask my youngest child, if you don't believe me.


These weren't revisions this is how she wrote it in the first edition, published in,

Ms. Blume Fudge isn't the only person in this story obsessed with money, . . money money.

I still love your writing, but I am choosing not to forgive you for this incredible sellout of a book, My daughter received this audiobook for Christmas, How can you not love Judy Blume, and one of the best things about this audiobook version is that the story is READ BY Judy Blume herself.


The audiobook containsCD's, and is a new favorite of my daughter, I am sure this one will be played many times, Ahoy there me mateys! I was looking for short audiobooks that fit certain time restrictions, I was having so much

fun revisiting old books from me childhood that when I saw that Judy Blume herself narrates these I just had to give them a whirl.
And I am so very glad I did, Judy Blume is a fantastically wonderful reader, I almost wish I had been introduced to these books by listening to them on audio book, Of course I only read books one and three when I was a kid, So I went back and listened to the entire series,

This may be me second favourite, Judy Blume has a lovely authors note for this one where she wrote this one for her grandson, The odd part about this series is that Fudge stays the same age while Peter grows up, Fudge is five in this one and his brother is twelve, I didnt really pay attention to the ages when listening and I dont care, All the elements that make the Hatcher family wonderful are present, In this book, Fudge becomes obsessed with the concept of money, He even starts his own bank, I was laughing in delight and could listen to Judy Blume sing the money song over and over again, Another great and crazy addition to the Hatcher family is the long lost cousins, the Howie Hatchers, The two branches of the family run into each other in D, C. and their lives will never be the same, I am so glad that I got to learn more of the Hatcher story in the later books, Especially this one.

Check out me other reviews at sitelink wordp Man, I did not like this book and my kids did not like it much, either, Fudge asyear old annoying moneyobsessed Manhattanite future and present capitalist is not funny, A few moments work, but so few, . . I'm disappointed in Judy Blume, She claimed at the beginning of the book that she was only moved to revive the Fudge series because she'd promised her grandson she would if she ever got a really great idea.
I hate to break it to you, Judy, but you didn't have a great idea, At all. Fudge's fixation on money in the book is repellant and is never resolved, The cousins the Hatchers meet completely implausibly in DC are irritating and unlikeable, Mostly the story just retreads territory from the much better prior books, I wish I hadn't read this one, دلم برای قندعسل تنگ خواهد شد
مجموعه بامزهای بود و خوندنش کیف داد.
خیلی شخصیت پیتر رو درک میکردم. فکراش یه جاهایی خیلی شبیه من بود. The fourth book in the Fudge amp Peter series, this one came out something likeyears after FudgeaMania, Now being an adult when it came out, I wasn't exactly following the childrens' books news any more, so I had no idea it had come out until years later.
When I saw it in a bookstore, I bought it along with FudgeaMania right away because of my cherished memories of the reading the first two books in the series many years before when I was in grade school.


Reading it as an adult, I definitely had a different reaction, Not as into it. There were still some funny parts, but it wasn't the same, Obviously, because I'm not a kid any more, I'm no longer part of the target audience, I remembered the firstbooks being a lot better, Still good though, I'd still recommend it to anyone who's read the first, Judy Blume is great and so is 'Double Fudge, ' Being a very linear person, I had a little anachronistic adjustment to do here, as Peter Hatcher has grown from the nineyearold he was in 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing' into ayear old.
The confusion I felt with that is that 'Tales' was written inand 'Double' in, Both contain period detail and ambience, and only familiar with 'Tales' and 'Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great,' I was ready for a 'Harriet the Spy'/'MixedUp Files of Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler' type of New York City, In some ways, there was something comforting about it being different, Childhood holds many constants from decade to decade, It's just that I wasn't prepared for video games and ATMs, much less a security camera in the elevator, It reminded me of the many comic strips where the characters remain the same age over many years, Actually, it's sort of a fascinating conceptaging separated from years, It makes me want to go to the other 'Fudge' books, each a decade or so apart for the author, but only a year for the characters.
The fourth grader with whom I read 'Double Fudge' who had read 'Tales of a FourthGrade Nothing' was completely unfazed, I didn't really like it, . . I DON'T recommend it!!!! I wasn't as impressed with this book :/, "I love money," is fiveyearold Fudge's new theme song, He's going to dress as a miser for Halloween and has made big plans to buy the entire world or at least Toys"R"Us.
Fudge's new obsession with cash is driving his older brother Peter crazy! But life really spins out of control when Peter and his family run into their longlost relatives, the Howie Hatchers of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Now Peter has to deal with Flora and Fauna, his annoying twin cousins who burst into song at the drop of a hat, and their weird little brother, coincidentally named Farley Drexel Hatcherjust like Fudge! Their names aren't the only similarity, and before long, miniFudge is causing just as much trouble as Fudge always has! This newest book starring Peter and Fudge is one wild ride!
So here end my adventures with famous Fudge.
I will miss this funny little monster, who was a walking bomb for his family, I almost cried at the end of the book for letting him go, The last book was not as entertaining as the first one, but still it was a pure pleasure to read about Fudge's missing boot and his fear of not pronouncing Harry Potter's name and calling him hewhomustn'tbenamed.

Bye, Fudgie, I will miss you! The whole series was so enjoyable, This book was written in, Quite a few years later then her last Fudge books, It feels a bit different but I cant quite make it out, Almost like Fudge quieted down a bit, Also you pick up on some modern technologies that the earlier books wouldnt have, I felt like Judy Blume time blocked the family so they will never grow old, Or at least age much slower then in reality, I love these books and I've been taking some time out to read books I enjoyed as a child,

This book is about Peter, Fudge and Tootie, The whole family goes on a vacation and meets up with Warren's family he hasn't seen since he was a child, His cousin and his family stays with the family in their small apartment and things very interesting, Fudge even has a cousin with the same exact name as him!

This is a fun book and I enjoy the series very much.
The final novel in Blumes Fudge series, The Hatcher brothers are back for yet another crazy adventure, In their final story, Fudge is obsessed with money all he can think about is having and spending it, which gets a little concerning.
While out in Washington learning about money, the Hatchers find their long lost family from Hawaii, This turns Peters world upsidedown, on top of Fudge, This has to be one of the best novels from this series it has life lessons in it, and its also comedic, Peter and Fudge have great moments together in this novel that leaves the reader feeling elated, Blumes characters really develop over the course of the novels this helps progress the plot and make each novel better, Overall, this series as a whole is a pleasant read full of funny stories that make the reader laugh out loud,
Another smasher from Judy Blume, this is the continuation of Superfudge and as good, if not more, as the last book, I just love Pete, his family and friends, When I read the book, somehow I feel as if I am living with them, and voyeuristically following their moves and adventures, I read this during a train journey and frightened my copassengers by laughing out loud, and my husband and son were nonchalantly sitting with an ever tolerant expression on their faces.
I do recommend this series for one and all Fudge is an original!! Considering that for one I have only really enjoyed the first of Judy Blume's Fudge series without major reservations and actually even with Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, more as a nostalgic trip down memory lane for me but not as a to be read over and over again cherished childhood favourite and that for two, the entire premise of Double Fudge with five year old Fudge Farley Drexel Hatcher suddenly becoming totally obsessed with money not really sitting at all well with me from a content and thematics point of view, I thus did not really expect to find much if anything either delightful or all that much amusing within the pages of Double Fudge.


But even with my rather majorly low expectations, I really did not expect to so vehemently despise Judy Blume's presented narrative, I did not really expect to be rating her Double Fudge with but one grudging star and to very easily and readily consider it the absolutely poorest Judy Blume novel I have read to date.
For even with expecting and pretty well knowing that in Double Fudge, Fudge Hatcher would more than likely still be the insufficiently parented, entitled little monster he often is rather joyfully depicted by Judy Blume as being which his temper tantrum at the shoe store amply demonstrates and that once again, older brother Peter must step in and act in loco parentis as the mother obviously cannot and does not seemingly even really want to I have to admit that I was both completely blindsided and post that majorly and lastingly personally offended at and by the depiction of and general approach to the Hatchers' van travelling and residing cousins as basically being a family of homeschooling freaks.
And sorry, Ms. Blume, but if you think that your descriptions of Howie and Eudora Hatcher and their at best weirdly uncannily strange and otherworldly homeschooled offspring are supposed to be humorous and entertaining, well, I for one have found them all generally most frustratingly tedious and also rather insulting to parents who actually do choose homeschool their children.


But indeed, I also say this as someone who is not even all that supportive of homeschooling as an educational system in general as really and sadly, Double Fudge just totally presents and features such warped and woefully ridiculously rendered onesided caricatures of home schooling parents and home schooled children, that I did indeed almost not even desire to finish Double Fudge and actually ended up skimming some of the worst and most vehemently antihome schooling in general rants and to both claim and point out that with Double Fudge, I certainly do tend to believe that Judy Blume has obviously majorly both run out of ideas and yes has equally rather totally and heavily dropped the ball with regard to presenting in any manner balanced and normal appearing characters, and yes, one star is all that I for one will consider and to certainly under no circumstances recommend Double Fudge except for series completists.
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