Margaret Simon is almost 12 and has just moved from New York to New Jersey. She's half Jewish and as such "doesn't have a religion" or at least that's what she tells everyone as religion is a touchy subject in her life being that it lead her mother's parents to disown their daughter for marrying a Jewish man. It's not that Margaret doesn't believe in a higher power, it's just that Margaret doesn't need organized religion to talk to him and feel close to him, she talks to him everyday!Margaret talks to God just like a friend and confidant. She's not afraid to ask him for the things she secretly desires (her period) or to show him her anger. In many ways Margaret uses God as a dear diary of sorts as she relates to him as honestly as others do their bundles of paper secret keepers.
Margaret is your normal, average, everyday girl who delights in the company of sharing a secret club with her friends, anxiously awaits her first kiss, and embarks on a journey to explore religion from the inside out. Pre-teens as well as adults will enjoy this well written classic!
Genre: Realistic Fiction/Classic
Blume, J. (1970). Are you there God? It's me Margaret. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
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