She wrote a scene about Ramona being in class and not feeling well. She happened to look over at the jars of fruit flies in blue oatmeal that the class had set up to study. The sight of the flies and the oatmeal was too much for Ramona and she finally threw up.
Even as a 7 year-old kid I remember that being such a well described scene that I could actually feel myself getting nauseous at the thought of the blue oatmeal. "Beezus and Ramona" was one of my favorite books at that age.
I have my own little Ramona at home now....honest, she is just like the character and we have finished the series once again,
It is ageless.
Judy Blume leaves me cold.