Judy Blume's Classic Coming-of-Age Novel "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"

DT Arizona: Wife loves this gift

United States on Nov 04, 2023

K. Keene: Rereading as an adult, the message of true faith was a bit of a shock - and so beautiful in its simplicity.

United States on Oct 26, 2023

jeanne isakson: Purchased for my 10 yr old granddaughter. She loved it and learned from this book.

United States on Oct 24, 2023

W: I first read this book many years ago when I was about 12, it's an okay book for young girls. This edition has been edited but I prefer the original!

United Kingdom on Oct 11, 2023

Talullah: Coming of age amazing book!!

United Kingdom on Oct 08, 2023

Tracy Stanley: I ordered this as an adult, knowing it was for younger readers but I'd seen it had been made into a film. It was a cracking story and well written in the first person, almost like a journal. I think teens would love it as it deals humorously with issues that teenagers worry about. I gave it to a friends daughter who apparently doesn't read much and she really liked it.

United Kingdom on Sep 18, 2023

AnabelleAnabelle: It was great

United Kingdom on Sep 06, 2023

Sonia: Okay, WHY in the world would this be recommended for young girls?!?! Let me start by saying this to start with, I KNOW I’m not the target audience. I wasn’t even born yet when it first come out; I’m a 90’s baby & grew up in the late 90’s/early 2000’s, but I read it for my Book Club in preparation to see the movie with them. I was actually kinda glad I now had an excuse to read it because I had it on my Kindle “to read” self for a while now without having the chance to read it. I knew it was a very popular book, so I wanted to read it. I had read one Judy Blume book before: ‘Forever . . . ” in my late teens & found it an okay read, didn’t LOVE it, but didn’t hate it, either (actually, now, after the #MeToo movement & everything, I find Michael, the MC of that book, to be kinda pushy about s*x, but anyway . . . ) Back to THIS book, WHY in the world would these 12-year-old girls be SO obsessed with getting their periods?!?! My god!! I don’t know how it was in the 70’s, but when I was in middle school in the early 2000’s, I do NOT remember us girls EVER talking about our periods THIS much & HOPING to get them!! Sure, we talked about boys...

United States on Aug 20, 2023

Jill Nicely: Margaret is trying to figure out where she fits in the world. Her parents decided to move to New Jersey, so she had to give up her bedroom in their Manhattan apartment and the school her grandmother had paid for. She has a new bedroom and a new school, a public school, and she doesn’t know if she’ll fit in. But then Nancy shows up at her new front door and invites Margaret to run under the sprinklers with her. And just like that, Margaret has a new friend.

On the first day of school, Margaret meets her new teacher—a first-year teacher named Mr. Benedict, and she gets into Nancy’s secret friend group with Janie and Gretchen. They talk boys, bras, school, and getting their periods.

At home, Margaret gets along okay with her parents. And she adores her grandmother. She used to spend more time with her grandmother, when they lived in the city, but her grandmother finds ways to visit and to get Margaret back to the city. But when Margaret is alone and feeling sad or confused or hopeful, there is only one person she turns to. She prays.

Margaret doesn’t go to church or synagogue. Her father is Jewish and her mother is Christian, and they didn’t want to...

United States on Jun 16, 2023

Kindle Customer: I read this on release of the film adaption. A teen book all about the dramas and feels of girls growing up.

United Kingdom on Jun 06, 2023