Who Do You Talk To?


Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
Reviewed by
Hilary W
Published in:1970
Length:149 pages
Ranking (1-10):
10
Genre:Fiction
Age: Young Adult



Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is about a girl named Margaret Simon. She never knew eleven going on twelve would be such a hard age. Margaret just moved from New York to New Jersey and she is just adjusting to the suburbs, a new school and a whole different group of friends. Margaret needs someone to talk to, but, who??? She finally finds a solution...God! She talks to God everyday and tells God everything. The book is mainly about Margaret, her life in New Jersey, her family, her new friends, and her dream boy Philip Leroy.

Philip is a boy at school that Margaret thinks is so handsome. She wants to dance with him at Norman Fishbein's party. Instead of a dance party, it turns out that they play truth of dare at Norman's party. Margaret hopes anybody will dare her to kiss Philip Leroy. Finally, her friend Gretchen dares Philip to kiss Margaret! Philip gets up and gives Margaret a kiss on the lips. Margaret is so happy she starts to laugh and will remember that night forever and tells everything that happened at the party to God.

Margaret also doesn't have a religion. She was told by her parents that they didn't want to be any religion so they didnšt choose one. Margaret thinks that is stupid so she goes and trys Christian, Catholic and Jewish. Her friend Laura is Christian so she goes to confession. Then Margaret goes with her friend Gretchen to a Jewish Synagogue. After Margaret tries all the religions, she decides she likes not having any one of them.

Read the book Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and find out what adventures and troubles Margaret gets into.

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