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Young Adult · 2012 · PG

Iggie's House

by Judy Blume

A white girl watches her new Black neighbors face quiet, persistent racism in her suburban neighborhood.

"The last book that I really loved (which makes it great to me) was probably Iggie’s House... When I think about the fact that it was published in 1970 and addresses white flight, I’m enamored by Blume’s courage." –Jason Reynolds, bestselling author of Long Way Down, in The New York Times Book Review A classic, coming of age novel from award-winning author Judy Blume about the bonds that form between children when a black family moves into an all white neighborhood. Iggie’s House just wasn’t the same. Iggie was gone, moved to Tokyo. And there was Winnie, cracking her gum on Grove Street, where

For10+GenreYoung AdultLength176 pagesRead time~3 hours

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Violence

Barely any

Hostile, harassing behavior from neighbors rather than physical violence

Language

Barely any

Uses period-typical racial terms ('Negro,' 'colored') that read as dated to modern readers

Sexual Content

None

None

Substance Use

None

None

Emotional Intensity

Some

Centers on racism and social exclusion; some modern critics find its white point-of-view framing of a story about anti-Black racism a significant limitation

What this book is about

When the Garber family, who are Black, move into Winnie's previously all-white suburb, Winnie befriends their daughter and witnesses the polite but firm racism of her neighbors — an early and still-debated attempt by Blume to address race relations for young readers.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Period-typical racial language

Handling of racism has been criticized as dated by contemporary reviewers

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