Reviews for It's Not the End of the World

The average rating for It's Not the End of the World based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-12-21 00:00:00 Phillip Kelly Another solid Judy Blume book! She does handle the topic of divorce well, and this still feels very relevant, even if a few specific details may no longer apply, such as certain divorce laws. Engaging, thoughtful and wonderfully relatable.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-05 00:00:00 Lisa Brookman This book was first published in 1972. I can't believe how well it has aged. I believe the actions of the family: parents, children, extended relatives, etc. is very similar to the reactions that still happen today. I love how Judy Blume writes about really tough and difficult topics for older children. I still recommend her books to others :) "Karen couldn't tell Mrs. Singer why she had to have her Viking diorama out of the sixthgrade showcase. She felt like yelling, To keep my parents from getting divorced. But she couldn't say it, and the whole class was looking at her anyway. Karen's world was ending. Her father had moved out of the house weeks before; now he was going to Las Vegas to get divorced and her mother was pleased! She had only a few days to get the two of them together in the same room. Maybe, if she could, they would just forget about the divorce. Then the Newman family could be its old self again -- maybe. But Karen knew something she didn't know last winter: that sometimes people who shouldn't be apart are impossible together. So she felt like yelling at Mrs. Singer. And then Mrs. Singer did a surprising thing...."