Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (novel)

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coming-of-age novel novel

"Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret." is a 1970 coming-of-age novel by Judy Blume that follows a sixth-grade girl’s candid exploration of puberty, religion, and identity.

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instanceOf coming-of-age novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationCastMember Kathy Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rachel McAdams NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptationDirector Kelly Fremon Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptationLeadActor Abby Ryder Fortson NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 2023 ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
author Judy Blume NERFINISHED ⓘ
controversy frequent challenges in school libraries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre children’s literature ⓘ
realistic fiction ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacter Barbara Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gretchen Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herb Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Janey Loomis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nancy Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sylvia Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ
intendedMarket middle-grade readers ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance landmark work in young adult realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Margaret Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeForm diary-like confessional ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor exploration of religious doubt ⓘ
frank discussion of menstruation ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonistAge sixth-grade girl ⓘ
publicationYear 1970 ⓘ
publisher Bradbury Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForChallenges discussion of puberty and religion ⓘ
religionsDepicted Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
religiousBackgroundOfProtagonist interfaith family ⓘ
setting New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience preteen readers ⓘ
theme adolescence ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
identity ⓘ
menstruation ⓘ
peer pressure ⓘ
puberty ⓘ
religion ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 1960s ⓘ

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