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ROBERT SIEGEL: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.
AUDIE CORNISH: And I'm Audie Cornish. Say the name Judy Blume to almost any woman under a certain age, and you'll probably get this reaction: Her face lights up. She's transported back to her childhood self, curling up with books she knows will speak directly to her; to her anxiety about relationships - romantic ones, yes, but also with siblings and parents. For a new generation of girls, Blume has entered a new medium. Believe it or not, none of her books has been made into a feature film until now, with the release of "Tiger Eyes." Just like in the 1981 novel, our heroine, Davey, deals with a lot more than just boy trouble. Her dad is shot and killed while minding his convenience store in Atlantic City.(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "TIGER EYES")
WILLA HOLLAND: (as Davey Wexler) (Crying) I miss him. I miss him so much.
AMY JO JOHNSON: (as Gwen Wexler) (Whispering) I know. So do I.
HOLLAND: (as Davey Wexler) What are we going to do, Mom?
JOHNSON: (as Gwen Wexler) I'm going to figure that out.
CORNISH: The film follows Davey and her family as they figure it out. And as Judy Blume told us, the making of the movie version "Tiger Eyes" was a family affair. She adopted it with her son.
JUDY BLUME: My son Larry, you know, has always wanted to make this into a movie, since he was 18, and it's taken 30 years, I think. And I have passion to do it, too, because we were going to work on it together.
CORNISH: And I heard that it was actually difficult to get it made, though.
BLUME: It wasn't difficult to get it made. Someone came to us with a budget. It wasn't a large budget,...