When it comes to friendship, who cares about skin color? This classic middle grade novel from Judy Blume carries an important messagewith a fresh new look.

Iggies House just wasnt the same. Iggie was gone, moved to Tokyo. And there was Winnie, cracking her gum on Grove Street, where shed always lived, with no more best friend and two weeks left of summer.

Then the Garber family moved into Iggies housetwo boys, Glenn and Herbie, and Tina, their little sister. The Garbers were black and Grove Street was white and always had been. Winnie, a welcoming committee of one, set out to make a good impression and be a good neighbor. Thats why the trouble started.

Because Glenn and Herbie and Tina didnt want a good neighbor. They wanted a friend.