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Summary: A very fictional book
Review: First of all, this book is quite unrealistic. I remember when I had my first period. I did not freak out like the girl in this book. It scares some children who read it to think that it will actually be like that. Alsoher friends were very inapropriate. Most normal sixth graders, even now, do not talk about the sort of things of which the group of girls in the story did. I do not recommend this book for anyone to read. It will scare younger girls out of their minds about what their adolescence will be like.
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Summary: A realistic, humorous girl...
Review: "Ar You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" was a great novel on a girl growing up.11 year old Margaret Simon has just moved to a new town and a school, where she starts 6th grade. She's happy to belong to a club called the "Pre Teen Sensations" where she and her friends worry about bras, boys, and bodies. Margaret also struggles with her grandparent's beliefs that she should have a religion, choosing between Christian and Jewish, and she decides to do her year long school report on it. This was a great, realistic novel that was often very funny, and I'd recommend it for ages 11 and up! I'd also recommend "Deenie", by Judy Blume, and especially the "Alice" series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ("The Agony of Alice", "Alice in Between", etc.)
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Summary: Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret.....
Review: This was a really funny book. I wouldnt call it a great novel of western civilization, but it was fun to read and it didnt bore me. The book's about Margaret, a preteen (theres a LOT of emphasis on the whole "preteen" thing) who moves from New York to a small New Jersey suburb. She makes friends with one of her neighbors, Nancy, who in turn welcomes Margaret into her circle of friends (the two of them and two other girls, Gretchen and Janie, who call themselves the Preteen Sensations). Margaret is the narrarator for the book, and most the things she says are funny (for example, she decides she likes someone for the sole reason that he has clean fingernails), and I can relate to the way she or her friends do or say something asinine out of the blue. If you want to read a book that isnt dumb and doesnt take a lot of time to read, you'll like it too.
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Summary: Girl Talks to God About Growing Up
Review: The book Are You There God It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume, is about a girl who talks to God about growing up. Marget is a new girl who doesn't know what her religion is. This book is funny, and has real life situations . This book is wonderful you have to read it.
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Summary: Precocious and a little too cute...
Review: There are so many wonderful books out there for girls of this age, "Are you there, God?" should be at the bottom of your To Buy List.
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Summary: Read this book!
Review: I read this book a couple of months of go and it really helped me. If you are: Confused about religion Worried about starting your period Or clueless about boys YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK! I was all of the above and I relized I wasn't alone.
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Summary: Couldn't Really Relate
Review: When I read this book, I thought Margaret and her friends were freaks; I dreaded getting my period (of course, I didn't have to dread for very long-- I got it was I was barely 11), and I was humiliated when it was time to "shop for a bra." So I generally thought the premise of the entire book was odd and perhaps dishonest. But I remember it as having a lot of nice, non-sexual details that captured a young girl's interest. Not Judy Blume's best, but I still remember a lot about it years later, which is a testament to the fact that the book does have staying power.
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Summary: Funny while important!
Review: This story is about a girl named Margaret. She has to deal with moving to a new town and making new friends. She has no religion so she is confused on which to choose. She also has to deal with the hardships of growing up. This book helps you understand that your not the only one. It is also funny in many places. I recommend this book to any adolescent girl who think they're the only one.
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Summary: Are you there god, It's me Margaret
Review: This is one of my favorite books! If your a girl growing up you'll like this book. In this book Margaret discovers puperty, religion, boys, new friends, and all the things preteens discover. I really recomend this book.
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Summary: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Review: The Book I just read tittled Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, is an excellent choice for pre-teens to read. I definately recommend this novel to young audiences. I found this novel whose author is Judy Blume to have very simple vocabulary which makes it easy for young readers to understand. Since this novel deals with pre adolesence and the questions about menstruation, one is able to identify with Margaret, the protagonist of this novel. Judy uses questions and answers which are right to the point that she wants to get accross the reader. Although there might be a certain controversial about this novel which deals about menstruating, some parents might not agree with me. I have found adolesence to be a human concern in this novel, and I will quote a part to show an example of it. "Are you there God? It's me,Margaret. I just told my mother I wanted a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where. I want to be like everyone else." Another controversy might be because of religion purposes that will conflict with some audiences reading about it, but I truly believe Judie's work is an excellent source to search a lot of unanswered questions which pre-teens are unable to find at home or are afraid to ask. Judy answers all these questions. I, myself identify with the protagonist, and I wish I would have come accross or had the knowledge about Ms. Blume's novels when I had questions about menstruataion during my pre-teens. Once again I definately recommend Judy Blume's novels to any pre-teen.
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