Margaret Simon

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Margaret Simon is the preteen protagonist of Judy Blume’s classic coming-of-age novel, navigating puberty, friendship, and questions of religious identity.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
novel protagonist
adaptedIn 2023 film Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret NERFINISHED
age preteen
appearsInWork Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret NERFINISHED
associatedWithAuthorThemes frank discussion of adolescence
concernedWith breast development
menstruation
peer acceptance
creator Judy Blume NERFINISHED
culturalImpact iconic representation of girls’ puberty in literature
dealsWith changing body
conflicting expectations from extended family
social pressures at school
famousLine Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret.
fatherReligion Jewish
fictionalUniverse Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1970
gender female
hasFriendGroup girls in her sixth-grade class
hasInternalMonologue prayers addressed to God
languageOfWork English
lifeStage adolescence
literaryGenre coming-of-age novel
realistic fiction
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
medium novel
motherReligion Christian
narrativePerspective first-person narrator
narrativeRole protagonist
nationality American
portrayedBy Abby Ryder Fortson NERFINISHED
religiousBackground interfaith family
setting suburban New Jersey
strugglesWith choice of religious affiliation
symbolizes early adolescent girlhood
talksTo God NERFINISHED
targetAudienceContext middle-grade readers
themeInvolvement coming of age
family relationships
friendship
puberty
religious identity

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