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Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
Characters
Friends
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Life
Betsy

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