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yiddish_anarchist's review
4.0
On a Judy Blume binge. Trying to remember what being a preteen was like because there is a moody preteen childbeast living in my house.
pamelarope's review
5.0
One of my all time favorites. I read this book so many times as a kid that the cover fell off. I relate to Stephanie so much!
achristinething's review against another edition
4.0
Have to admit these books aren't THAT good but I feel so sentimental about them. Especially "Just as long as we're together." Kind of reminds me of the group of girls in Are you there God, it's me Margaret.
rosie's review against another edition
3.0
I liked Just As Long As We're Together much more than Here's to You, Rachel Robinson. I think I read both of these in my preteen years and felt the same way.
kellyhager's review against another edition
4.0
I'd read this when I was little, but I didn't really remember anything about it.*
But this is about Stephanie and Rachel, who have been best friends for basically forever. Then Stephanie starts hanging out with Alison (a new girl) and all of a sudden, they're fighting. And the girls are in middle school, so there's also a slew of first crushes and whatnot. AND there's an example of the worst parenting EVER.** It's really sweet and a good lesson about friendship being important.
There's a sequel (Here's to You, Rachel Robinson--this is now one of my most favorite book titles EVER) and, thanks to my Kindle, I will be reading that next. (Kindle sold it as a bundle with this book. Thank you, Amazon!)
As a by the way, I don't like this cover. The girls are all supposed to be the same age, but that girl on the left looks closer to my age.
* = Except for one scene where Rachel talks about giving a speech and Stephanie says that five minutes isn't so long, so Rachel challenges her to stand up and be quiet for five minutes and she only makes it for a minute and 24 seconds. I have no idea why that's what stayed with me.
** = SPOILER. Stephanie's parents are separated and they don't tell her or her brother, Bruce. Her dad has moved to LA to work at that branch of his company, but they act like it's just a really long business trip. (Like a temporary reassignment, not something permanent.) And Stephanie finds out because her dad accidentally slips 'cause he thinks she already knows. Stellar parenting there.
Here's to You, Rachel Robinson is the sequel to Just As Long As We're Together. This time, Rachel's the narrator. It's not long after the events of the first one and Rachel's older brother, Charles, is home. And Charles is a total douche, so Rachel's life is really stressful.
(Although it sounds like Rachel's life is always stressful; Rachel is a perfectionist.)
Stephanie and Alison aren't in this book very much; I missed them.
But this is about Stephanie and Rachel, who have been best friends for basically forever. Then Stephanie starts hanging out with Alison (a new girl) and all of a sudden, they're fighting. And the girls are in middle school, so there's also a slew of first crushes and whatnot. AND there's an example of the worst parenting EVER.** It's really sweet and a good lesson about friendship being important.
There's a sequel (Here's to You, Rachel Robinson--this is now one of my most favorite book titles EVER) and, thanks to my Kindle, I will be reading that next. (Kindle sold it as a bundle with this book. Thank you, Amazon!)
As a by the way, I don't like this cover. The girls are all supposed to be the same age, but that girl on the left looks closer to my age.
* = Except for one scene where Rachel talks about giving a speech and Stephanie says that five minutes isn't so long, so Rachel challenges her to stand up and be quiet for five minutes and she only makes it for a minute and 24 seconds. I have no idea why that's what stayed with me.
** = SPOILER. Stephanie's parents are separated and they don't tell her or her brother, Bruce. Her dad has moved to LA to work at that branch of his company, but they act like it's just a really long business trip. (Like a temporary reassignment, not something permanent.) And Stephanie finds out because her dad accidentally slips 'cause he thinks she already knows. Stellar parenting there.
Here's to You, Rachel Robinson is the sequel to Just As Long As We're Together. This time, Rachel's the narrator. It's not long after the events of the first one and Rachel's older brother, Charles, is home. And Charles is a total douche, so Rachel's life is really stressful.
(Although it sounds like Rachel's life is always stressful; Rachel is a perfectionist.)
Stephanie and Alison aren't in this book very much; I missed them.
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