Author: Judy BlueTitle: Are You There God: It's Me Margaret
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Subgenre: Young Adults Book
Theme: Adolescents is made easier when you get to talk to someone, even if that someone is God.
Primary and Secondary Characters: Margaret, Nancy and Laura
Date of Publication: 1970
Publishing Company: A Dell Yearling Book
This book is about a girl names Margaret who is in sixth grade. She grew up with no religion since her mother is Christan and her father is Jewish. She has to do a year long project in school, and she decides to do it on different religions. Margaret also confronts many other pre-teen female issues, such as buying her first bra, having her first period, and having jealousy towards another girl who has developed a womanly figure earlier than other girls, liking boys, and whether to voice her opinion if it differs from those of her friends. She gets comfort from spending time with her grandmother on her father's side, who is Jewish. On Margaret's quest of finding a God, she also finds herself. This quest helps her deal with the real life issues that are going on around her. At the end of the story she believes there is a God, but just not sure what kind of God. But, she knows there is a higher power.
This is a good book for pre-teen girls to read. This will help them adapt to the changes that are going on with themselves from puberty.
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