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Loading... Are You There God? It's Me, Margaretby Judy Blume
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is the story of Margaret, who is having a difficult time during adolescence. She constantly speaks to God even though she has no religion. The plot revolves around the conflict between character against self. The themes are adolescence, confusion, generation gaps, and self observation. The character is Margaret, who has little communication with her mom and better communication with her grandmother. By sharing her thoughts with God, she begins to understand herself as she grows up. This is a story in which mniddle schoolers can relate to. rpanek | Jul 6, 2009 |   I've read this book over and over again. It is an excellent book about a young girl. I recommend this one to pre-teen girls. I love Judy Blume although she is a censored writer. I might go read it again........ (  )blueyz6778 | Jun 14, 2009 | This book is all about a girl that moves to a new place and her friends. The religious problems with Margaret and her family is fun to read how they solve them. Judy Blume takes you through and enchanting path through friend ship, moving troubles, and relious trouble. (Recommended for girls 10 and up) ( )Maidas9 | May 11, 2009 | The self-conscious, confused, and endearing heroine, Margaret, makes this book a great one. Margaret faces the adolescent struggles of finding a religious identity, talking to boys, moving and making new friends, and getting her first period. Blume masterfully captures the thoughts of pre-teens. This is a great book for late elementary/early middle school girls who need a friend like Margaret. (  )readasaurus | May 1, 2009 | 1  Read this about 4 times when I was growing up. Classic book for girls. ( )vgusg1rl | Apr 18, 2009 | 1 0.038 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0440404193, Paperback)If anyone tried to determine the most common rite of passage for preteen girls in North America, a girl's first reading of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret would rank near the top of the list. Judy Blume and her character Margaret Simon were the first to say out loud (and in a book even) that it is normal for girls to wonder when they are ever going to fill out their training bras. Puberty is a curious and annoying time. Girls' bodies begin to do freakish things--or, as in Margaret's case, they don't do freakish things nearly as fast as girls wish they would. Adolescents are often so relieved to discover that someone understands their body-angst that they miss one of the book's deeper explorations: a young person's relationship with God. Margaret has a very private relationship with God, and it's only after she moves to New Jersey and hangs out with a new friend that she discovers that it might be weird to talk to God without a priest or a rabbi to mediate. Margaret just wants to fit in! Who is God, and where is He when she needs Him? She begins to look into the cups of her training bra for answers ...(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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