Judy Blume's 1975 book about a teen losing her virginity gets a modern spin on Netflix. Here are the biggest changes from the "Forever" novel.

What I can recall about reading Judy Blume’s seminal 1975 novel for the first time is that — even as a millennial girl growing up in the early aughts — it made me feel less alone with my questions and desires.

For 50 years, Judy Blume's Forever... has served as a rite of passage for young readers everywhere thanks to its honest, stigma-less approach to mature subject matters like sex and birth control. Now this long-celebrated tale of first love comes to the screen in Netflix's Forever, created by Mara Brock Akil ( Girlfriends ).