Summary
The story is about Margaret and her new friends that she is making after moving to the suburbs. Margaret is dealing with a lot of teenage angst, she has started menustration, bought her first bra and has found the most handsome boy that she has yet to meet. On top of all that, she is trying to understand religion and what she believes in. She doesn't really pray to God, but talks to him about what is going on in her life and what she wants.
All the emotions that teenage girls must face and with new friends can cause a little bit of anxiety in the best of us.
Citation: Blume, Judy. "Are You There God? It's me, Margaret". New York: Yearling, 1970.
My Impressions
Judy Blume wrote this book around 1970 and I find that for the time it was written it was considered to be a little outside the box. The story is about a young girl, Margaret, moving from the city out to the suburbs and trying to find her way through growing up and making new friends.
Reviews:
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (1970), by Judy Blume
By Lev Grossman Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005 BACKNEXT7 of 113PrintEmailDigg FacebookTwitterMORE
You could almost hear the collective generational sigh of relief in 1970 when Blume published this groundbreaking, taboo-trampling young adult novel: finally, a book that talks frankly about sex without being prim or prurient, and about religion without scolding or condescending. A few months shy of her 12th birthday, Margaret Simon is starting school in a new town and asking God some serious questions. Like, when is she going to get her period? What bra should she buy? And if her mom is Jewish and her dad is Christian, is she supposed to join the Y or the Jewish Community Center? Blume turned millions of pre-teens into readers. She did it by asking the right questions—and avoiding pat, easy answers
By Common Sense Media:
The story is about Margaret and her new friends that she is making after moving to the suburbs. Margaret is dealing with a lot of teenage angst, she has started menustration, bought her first bra and has found the most handsome boy that she has yet to meet. On top of all that, she is trying to understand religion and what she believes in. She doesn't really pray to God, but talks to him about what is going on in her life and what she wants.
All the emotions that teenage girls must face and with new friends can cause a little bit of anxiety in the best of us.
Citation: Blume, Judy. "Are You There God? It's me, Margaret". New York: Yearling, 1970.
My Impressions
Judy Blume wrote this book around 1970 and I find that for the time it was written it was considered to be a little outside the box. The story is about a young girl, Margaret, moving from the city out to the suburbs and trying to find her way through growing up and making new friends.
Reviews:
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (1970), by Judy Blume
By Lev Grossman Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005 BACKNEXT7 of 113PrintEmailDigg FacebookTwitterMORE
You could almost hear the collective generational sigh of relief in 1970 when Blume published this groundbreaking, taboo-trampling young adult novel: finally, a book that talks frankly about sex without being prim or prurient, and about religion without scolding or condescending. A few months shy of her 12th birthday, Margaret Simon is starting school in a new town and asking God some serious questions. Like, when is she going to get her period? What bra should she buy? And if her mom is Jewish and her dad is Christian, is she supposed to join the Y or the Jewish Community Center? Blume turned millions of pre-teens into readers. She did it by asking the right questions—and avoiding pat, easy answers
By Common Sense Media:
ARE YOU THERE GOD, IT'S ME MARGARET was first published in 1970, but tweens will find that it still it pretty much rings true today (especially since this updated version has the girls using pads instead of sanitary belts to deal with their first periods). Margaret is such a relatable character -- she worries about being normal, sometimes says the wrong thing, and even hides her true feelings to be accepted by her friends. Readers will appreciate her honest narration -- which will make them feel a whole lot better about that their own anxieties about growing up.
Library Uses:
Beginning of school I would set up a display for young girls that includes coming of age books. With a focus on writers who celebrate being young.
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