This book is about he teasing of a overweight girl. She is teased by her classmates and is called Blubber after reading a report on whales. The books talks about others in the class and they things they do to the over weigth girl.

This book is all about trying to fit in and finding out that doing whatever it takes to accomplish that is not always the best thing in the world to do. In Blubber, Brenner sides with the popular kids against the unpopular and it comes back to bite her in the butt. As it turns out all the kids get what they deserve in the end.

Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she, too, becomes a target.

In Blubber, Jill avoids the wrath of the class “leader” by joining her in the torment of another girl, but soon enough she finds the tables turned and learns to stick up for herself. Judy Blume’s somewhat disquieting depiction of childhood cruelty is not uncalled-for, as anyone who remembers grade school can attest. Blume’s characters are richly detailed-even as an adult reader, I remember the Wendys, the Jills and the Lindas from my elementary school years. Her mastery of a youthful and petulant voice and themes of (self)acceptance and peer pressure make this an easy story for readers to relate to, and the placement of Jill outside of complete righteousness forces to reader to consider their own perspective on these situations. Blubber is highly recommended for any intermediate fiction collection, in school or public libraries. ( )

Blubber by Judy Blume
Blubber is a Contemporary Realistic Fiction book told from the viewpoint of fifth grader Jill Brenner. When LInda, a fellow student who is slightly overweight, reads her report on whales, the class leader, Wendy, decides to start calling her “Blubber.” Jill and most of her fellow students join in on the tormenting, which gets crueler as the weeks pass. Jill, who is happy not to be the object of Wendy’s wrath, learns a lesson when the tables are turned, and she becomes the object of the class’s teasing.

Rereading this book after many years was like taking a walk down memory lane. I remembered reading it for the first time when I was in the fifth grade and recalled situations from my childhood when I either witnessed or was the target of bullies. Reading the book from an adult’s perspective made me question why the kids seemed to be left alone during times that would seem prime for trouble-making (for example, during lunch in the classroom). I was also surprised that there were a couple of curse words in the book because I didn’t remember those from my first reading.

I would use this book in the classroom as a resource for students who are targets of bullies. The book illustrates a good way for the bullied to regain some control in their lives. This would also be a useful book to read aloud to the class. I could then ask open-ended situational questions that students could relate back to the book instead of feeling the need to point out individuals in the class. Discussion topics could cover subjects such as bullying, friendship, family, and how to communicate students’ problems to parents and teachers. ( )