Product Description

Winnie Barringer’s best friend, Iggie, has moved away. How is Winnie going to make it through summer vacation?

Then the Garber family moves into Iggie’s House, and Winnie is thrilled. The problem is, not everyone is as welcoming as Winnie.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #114562 in Books
• Published on: 1986-10-01
• Released on: 1986-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780440440628
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Publishers Weekly
Judy Blume's body of work returns to her original editor, Richard Jackson, with the rerelease of four classics in hardcover. An African-American family moves to all-white Grove Street in Iggie's House, to be released in April. The author's breakthrough title, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, about 11-year old Margaret Simon's struggles with puberty and religion, is now available in hardcover as well as in a Spanish-language edition, Estas ahi Dios? Soy yo, Margaret. Two additional titles came out last season: Blubber takes on preteen teasing; and It's Not the End of the World explores the effects of divorce.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"The purpose is worthy, and the most perceptive aspect of the book is the interpretation of the reaction of the black family."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. -- Review

Review
"The purpose is worthy, and the most perceptive aspect of the book is the interpretation of the reaction of the black family."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

Customer Reviews

Different colors go great together!
This is a story about a girl named Winnie that soon finds out you cannot judge a book by its cover. Her bestfriend moved to Japan and the new people that moved in were black. Being the first black family in the neighborhood, it made many people very upset. Mrs. Landan was a neighbor that was so upset she wanted to get a petition signed to make them move away. After a short time the new kids,Glenn, Herbie, and Tina, became friends with Winnie. When this happened, Winnie decided to help get them to stay and for people to be nice to them. At the end of the story the new family ended up staying and the mean Mrs. Landan moved away. It was perfect.

I loved the story because it was easy to read and interesting. I can't imagine not liking someone because they were a different color then me. I liked Winnie because she figured this out before anyone. I am glad it is not like that where I live. I recommend it to kids 9 and up only and I think adults should read it too if they are like Mrs. Landan.

Worthwhile
"Iggie's House" is about an 11-year-old girl, Winnie Barringer, who befriends her new neighbors (the Garbers, who have two sons--Glenn and Herbie--and a daughter--Tina) when her best friend (Iggie) moves out of the house they move into. While Winnie doesn't have a problem with the Garbers being black, several of her neighbors do since the area had always been occupied by white residents. So out of loyalty to her new friends, Winnie sets out to crusade against the racism in her neighborhood.

Although "Iggie's House" isn't my favorite Judy Blume book (though I doubt I'll ever give her less than 5 stars on any book), she's great at tackling social problems, such as racism in this book, showing how children typically see things in just black and white, so to speak. Though prejudices aren't as easily overcome as shown here, "Iggie's House" is still a great learning tool for preteens.

Iggie's House Review
Parts of this book were dull, but overall, we liked this book. We thought it was interesting to read about the changes in race relations in the 1960s. Winnie was nice to the Garbers -- a black family who moved into her friend Iggie's old house. Everyone else was rude and mean because they didn't like black people. We think it was because they were afraid of change.

Winnie doesn't like it that people are rude to the Garbers. She makes a petition that she hopes will defend them.

The book was somewhat dull because Winnie and the Garbers did not have adventures. For example, they sneaked into a house under construction. That scene could have been more interesting. They could have gotten lost in the house or they could have gotten caught by the police or the workers. Instead, they played and left. The scene didn't seem to have a purpose.

Because the book was so short, we felt like we didn't really know Winnie. We know that she is a tomboy, that she hates being dressed up, and she lets her hair hang in her face. But we don't feel like we kneow who she is on the inside. Her parents are conservative and afraid of new things. Winnie is not like her parents in this way. She is very sensitive. She gets angry and upset easily by things she thinks are unfair.

We would recommend this book for classes who are studying civil rights. We would not recommend this book for fun reading because it is not exciting enough.