\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the world of children's literature, Louise Fitzhugh's \u003ci\u003eHarriet the Spy \u003c/I\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Long Secret \u003c/I\u003eare widely recognized as epoch-making. They have been received by young readers, year after year, with excitement and love.\u003ci\u003e Nobody's Family is Going to Change\u003c/I\u003e\u0026#8212;the story of an African American family in New York in the 1970s\u0026#8212;shares the vigorous sense of comedy and unflinching fidelity to the real world that has made Fitzhugh's other books into classics.\u003c/div\u003e