Sheila hates swimming. And dogs. And ghosts. And thunderstorms. She'll do anything to avoid them all - except admit that she's scared.

Her new friend Mouse Ellis, yo-yo champion of Tarrytown, thinks she's chicken. But Sheila is determined to show everyone that she really can be Sheila the Great.

 
I read this a long time ago, when I was a kid and I loved it. It wasn't my favourite Judy Blume book, but it was, like all her books, a joy to read. I just bought a box set of  Judy Blume books in order to reminisce, and read a couple of them that I missed the first time around. I'm looking forward to reading them.