Just as Long as We're Together (novel)

Just as Long as We're Together is a young adult novel written by Judy Blume and published in 1987. It is a companion book to Here's to You, Rachel Robinson.

Just as Long as We’re Together

First edition
Author	Judy Blume
Language	English
Genre	Young adult novel
Publisher	Orchard Books
Publication date	1987
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	296 pp
ISBN	1-55736-046-4
OCLC	16900279
Followed by	Here's to You, Rachel Robinson

The novel is narrated by Stephanie Hirsch, who has several changes in her life happening at the same time. She is turning thirteen, her family has just moved, she is starting middle school, her parents are separating, she gains ten pounds over the holidays, she starts menstruating and becoming interested in boys, and her lifelong friendship with the overachieving Rachel Robinson (the later protagonist of Here's to You, Rachel Robinson) is threatened when new girl Alison Monceau moves to town. Stephanie really likes Alison and feels that Rachel is threatened when the twosome becomes a threesome.

Allusions and references to other works

The novel's title is a reference from the popular 1927 song "Side by Side" by Gus Kahn and Harry M. Woods, which Stephanie learned at summer camp and teaches her friends. She chooses her favorite lines in the song:

"Through all kinds of weather

What if the sky should fall

Just as long as we're together

It doesn't matter now at all"

External links

• Judy Blume's website