Forever…
by Judy Blume (Bradbury, 1975)
audiobook read by Caitlin Kinnunen (Macmillan Children’s Books, 2023)
A straightforward narrative, groundbreaking when first published. Blume shakes off societal hang-ups in her treatment of love and sex, and though the story is single-minded (perhaps aptly), the subsidiary characters all have depth. Caitlin Kinnunen’s audiobook reading perfectly captures the teen protagonists.