My biggest problem is my brother, Farley Drexel Hatcher.

Everybody calls him Fudge. I feel sorry for him if he’s going to grow up with a name like Fudge, but I don’t say a word. It’s none of my business.

Fudge is always in my way. He messes up everything he sees. And when he gets mad he throws himself flat on the floor and he screams. And he kicks. And he bangs his fists. The only time I really like him is when he’s sleeping. He sucks four fingers on his left hand and makes a slurping noise.

When Fudge saw Dribble he said, “Ohhhhh . . . see!”

And I said, “That’s my turtle, get it? Mine! You don’t touch him.”

Fudge said, “No touch.” Then he laughed like crazy.

BOOKS BY JUDY BLUME

The Pain and the Great One

Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One

Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One

Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One

Friend or Fiend? with the Pain and the Great One

The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo

Freckle Juice

THE FUDGE BOOKS

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

Superfudge

Fudge-a-Mania

Double Fudge

Blubber

Iggie’s House

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret

It’s Not the End of the World

Then Again, Maybe I Won’t

Deenie

Just as Long as We’re Together

Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson

Tiger Eyes

Forever

Letters to Judy

Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers (edited by Judy Blume) Rila6BepRtC8zur2DntVyWJBDiBdrqpPuhnklagV8b1RKxtWCtghpDI9moX86rJf