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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (20th Anniversary)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (20th Anniversary) | Judy Blume
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"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" No one ever told Margaret Simon that eleven-going-on- twelve would be such a hard age. When her family moves to New Jersey, she has to adjust to life in the suburbs, a different school, and a whole new group of friends. Margaret knows she needs someone to talk to about growing up-and it's not long before she's found a solution."Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I can't wait until two o'clock God. That's when our dance starts. Do you think I'll get Philip Leroy for a partner? It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome. And I'd love to dance with him... just once or twice. Thank you God."
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Kshakal
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Happy birthday Judy Blume! 🎂🎂🎂

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy birthday 🎈🎁🎊🎉🎂 1mo
Ruthiella Such an important author who has positively impacted generations . ❤️ 1mo
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Night_Reader
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5/5 🌟

This book is incredibly sweet, heartwarming, and funny, transporting me back to my pre-teen years. I truly wish I had read it during my youth, which is why I bought a copy for my daughter. A must-read for all young girls.

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Blueberry
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4.5 ⭐ Read for a movie bookclub.

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Shelm1
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Offers great insight into the perspective of a 6th-grade girl. Margret forms new friendships along the way. The characters are relatable and credible for young preteen girls today. Discusses working on a new journey in life. Talks about the challenges that young girls face (boys, periods, getting to know themselves, etc.)

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miles.bryant
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The novel covers the challenges of moving to a new place and ones connection to belief. It is a great contemporary fiction novel that covers growing up and how that can be difficult and that it is possible to get through it. It touches on identity and working towards finding it.

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mcappel
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Offers a good perspective of a 6th-grade girl. She is starting a new school and shares her thoughts about figuring out her identity. It is about friendship, family, and spirituality. Perfect for pre-teens (boys, periods, understanding herself)

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noradickens

“Are you there God? It‘s me, Margaret. We‘re moving today. I‘m so scared God. I‘ve never lived anywhere but here. Suppose I hate my new school? Suppose everybody there hates me? Please help me God. Don‘t let New Jersey be too horrible. Thank you.”

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noradickens

This book is perfect for middle school students in grades 5-8th. This book dives deeper into the perspective of a young girl who is navigating her new life experiences of moving, making new friends, understanding her developing body, and her relationship with religion. Overall, the book is very relatable for young pre-adolescents.

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noradickens
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, is a beautifully written book by Judy Blume. This book offers great insight into the perspective of a young sixth-grade girl. The book discusses the issues of friendship, family, and spirituality as Margaret navigates the uncertainties that come with adolescence.

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melissajayne
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Watching this as I eat my dinner #booktomovie #deweyoct

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Leftcoastzen
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A message on New York Public Library site about banned books week.😞 https://view.email.nypl.org/?qs=26c95893c7359142b3232a24d641e3cf46b119d294d71433...

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sisilia
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3⭐️ I was 12 when I read this book for the first time, and I‘m now older than these kids‘ parents! 🙈 Have you all seen the movie? Is it worth watching?

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I really want to see it! 7mo
TheBookHippie The movie is beautiful. 7mo
DivineDiana I enjoyed the movie. 7mo
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TheBookHippie
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LMAOROF

@Ravenlee and @JulesG

dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 Best laugh of the day. Thanks. 😘 8mo
julesG 😂😂😂 8mo
Bklover 😂😂😂 loved this! (Says the 63 year old) 8mo
squirrelbrain Perfect! 🤣🤣🤣 8mo
ravenlee Bwahaha! 😆 8mo
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TheBookHippie
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Gosh this was fun. 💕💕💕

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TheBookHippie
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Poetry
Judy Blume
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Out facing Blume Is leather & is signed for/to me from her Florida Bookstore on the 50th anniversary of the book. 💕

DivineDiana Fabulous! 💖 8mo
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RowReads1
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The film is fun. I loved the book as a kid. I related to the moving, not having a central religion, puberty and everything surrounding it. 😀

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Sci.Cricketts
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A quick read so I can finally see the movie. I actually loved it and made me laugh. Oh to be a pre-teen again 😂

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OriginalCyn620
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Judy Blume was a staple in my childhood! I wanted to reread this one because I want to see the new adaptation sometime soon.

#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 9mo
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Britdarko
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I read this as a kid. I now have an 11 year old daughter who I thought about taking to see the movie so I reread the book first. It felt so serious when I was a kid. I‘m glad to have reread it as an adult and use it for talking points with my own preteen.

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Ladygodiva7
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I've never read this book in my 29+++ yrs, been meaning to read it the last 20 yrs. Just finished my 1000 pgs book so I wanted something LIGHT 🪶
Also, I‘m so glad I don‘t remember much of my tween yrs 😂

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britt_brooke
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Today‘s B&N haul! I‘ve somehow never read Are You There, God? The rest are for my (almost) 11 year old who already tore through Attack on Titan this evening, and has requested I get the next couple. I‘m curious to see what he thinks about Hunger Games. Oddly enough, I remember devouring the series while on bed rest with him!

#bookhaul
#raisingreaders

Bookzombie I somehow missed Judy Blume for the most part as a kid. Not sure how. I have Blubber to read soon and then probably Margaret. Also, I‘m excited to see what your son thinks of HG if you share it. 🙂 10mo
britt_brooke @Bookzombie I only read a couple of the Fudge books as a kid, but loved them! He started HG today and is liking it so far. I‘ll def update when he‘s finished. 🤍 10mo
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TheReadingReceptionist

sooo i just had a baby like 14 days ago so i haven't been reading much 😩

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TheReadingReceptionist

sooo idk why i'm like flipping through books like one flips through tv stations but i'm currently reading 4 books 2 on my kindle and 2 physical i'm not sure how i got here

The.Great.Catsby I'm never sure how I got here 🤣🤣🤣 11mo
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Mehso-so

I don't remember reading this as a child. I read this because everyone was talking about the book. I didn't care for the book at all. I rated this book a 3 out of 5 stars. Book 2 completed for #MagnificentMay readathon @Andrew65

TheReadingReceptionist OMG IM READING THAT RIGHT NOW !! so far it's kind of mid but we'll see 11mo
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Curvybookgirl
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Read this before the film comes out. I really enjoyed this one

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MaggieCarr
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Quick ending but I enjoyed being back in a PreTeen Sensation mindset as a parent.

Quirkybookworm I remember her books!!! 11mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I'm starting my May #doublespin book today.l from the library.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!! 11mo
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Aimeesue
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The cover of the copy I had as a kid + cotton balls, because I just read that part.
I‘d forgotten how good Blume is. 💜

dabbe Oh, Lordy. The. Cotton. Balls. I had the same style of book! The 70s. Judy Blume. Thanks for the memory. 🤗 11mo
SamAnne All the feels! 11mo
Aimeesue @dabbe @SamAnne That cover takes you right back, doesn‘t it? 💜 11mo
dabbe @Aimeesue Just like a song can take you back, too! 🥰 11mo
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peaKnit
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#caturday this is how knitting is going, while watching a documentary on Judy Blume before seeing “Are You There God, it‘s Me Margaret” tomorrow. I read all of her books as a girl❤️

JenReadsAlot 😂 11mo
SamAnne I didn‘t know about the documentary. Need to check it out! 11mo
peaKnit @SamAnne it‘s on Amazon Prime, it was good! 11mo
dabbe Da cute kitty is sharpening the teeth! 💚🐾💚 11mo
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Zoe-h
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I surprised it took me this long to read this book. I would have preferred to read one of the original ones that still had menstrual belts rather than pads. I feel like that would have made a bit more sense. I mean, you don‘t put a pad back in the box out of embarrassment. This was a great book! 5🌟

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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I can‘t wait to see this one!!

https://youtu.be/LzRzojHC3iE

Bookwormjillk Same!! 11mo
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monalyisha
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I loved reading when I was growing up…but there was no one steering the ship. There were no big readers in my family, no friends I swapped books with. The titles I read, therefore, were those I stumbled upon at my local discount store. Judy Blume‘s classic YA novel wasn‘t one I encountered. So, I was excited to read it, in advance of the movie, for my Young at Heart Book Club for adults (which I host at the library where I work). 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/2: This excitement was colored by the fact that I knew it had a place on Time‘s list of 100 best novels (published between 1923 & 2010). One of my favorite parts of the reading experience was thinking about the cultural differences between the era when it was written (1970) & today. The characters are realistically drawn, & I think Blume did right in not providing any solid conclusions. Adolescence is a time of questioning — not of answers. (edited) 11mo
monalyisha 2/2: I can see why the book was so impactful (and controversial) at the time of publication. I‘m interested to see what today‘s youth makes of it. And I‘d gladly read adaptations from the POV of other characters! I‘d be most invested in hearing from Barbara Simon, Margaret‘s mother, who leaves her religious upbringing behind, seeks nature, and paints still-lifes (for which she is quietly — and sometimes not so quietly — ridiculed by her family). 11mo
Sapphire I loved all Judy Blume books growing up. I do wonder what i would think today. I might see the film adaptation 11mo
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Aimeesue I remember that cover vividly. 11mo
SamAnne All the feels. 11mo
Suet624 I‘ve never read even one of hers. 😳 11mo
monalyisha @Suet624 I honestly don‘t know if I had previously but I feel like I must have? Maybe Freckle Juice or Superfudge or Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing? I feel like one of my teachers read one aloud to us at some point. 11mo
mysticalmama I read this when I was a kid! Loved this book. And I just got it for my daughter at BJs. I‘m excited to read it with her. 11mo
sarahbarnes Yours is also a perfect description of my young reading life. 11mo
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monalyisha
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In a Friday afternoon heaven.

Prairiegirl_reading It snowed here this morning 😞 I‘m so jealous of the sunshine!!! 11mo
monalyisha @Prairiegirl_reading OH. NO. Where is “here”? 11mo
Prairiegirl_reading Winnipeg, Canada 11mo
CoffeeAndABook I love everything about this picture 🤩🍻 11mo
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Christine
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I'd never read this as a kid! I was prudish and very sheltered and am sure I would have been scandalized by various aspects (Dad‘s Playboys! Two Minutes in the Closet! Religious questioning! 😱🤣). It was sweet, and I will now allow myself to watch the movie trailer.

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MeganLindell
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • Somehow I never read this as a child!

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TheBookHippie
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https://www.jta.org/2023/03/20/opinion/how-judy-blumes-are-you-there-god-its-me-...

💕use “reader view” if you can read it…

One of the very reasons I loved this book.

IndoorDame That‘s so interesting! It was required reading in my Jewish day school for the middle school girls, and at the time (mid 90s) intermarriage was common place enough that we all had the impression they assigned it in part as an argument against interfaith marriage and atheism 12mo
TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I was the only one in the mid and late 1970s towards mid late 1980s college I met others. 12mo
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IndoorDame
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When I heard this was being turned into a movie I had to revisit it and I really enjoyed the trip down memory lane. #MiddleGradeMarch @megnews @sblbooks

dabbe Judy Blume got me through my 70s childhood. ❣️ Especially this book and IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. The 2nd is how I survived my parents' divorce when I was the only kid in the entire school whose parents got divorced. 12mo
IndoorDame @dabbe she‘s wonderfully relatable ❣️ 12mo
CBee I should revisit this soon too! 12mo
SamAnne Oh yes. It‘s been so long! 12mo
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Sharpeipup
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So happy to see these stories will finally be adapted to movies!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/business/media/judy-blume-hollywood.html

#page2screen

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Mpcacher
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With the movie being released soon I figured it was time I finally read this book. How I missed it as a child escapes me as I was 12 (Margaret's age) in 1970 when it was released and share both a first and middle name with the title character. Wow did this book bring back memories of that time and how I wished I had read it then. Surprisingly it did not feel totally dated and I now look forward to sharing the book with my granddaughter. 4 stars!

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Oryx
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Could not be more excited!

LeahBergen 👏👏👏👏 13mo
lynneamch Previews looked hilarious and relatable. "We must--we must--we must increase our . . ." Did that! 13mo
dabbe Me, too!!! ❣️🥰😊 13mo
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sarahbarnes I LOVED this book as a kid! I‘m very excited to see this. 13mo
Ruthiella Is it set in the 70s? That‘d be awesome! 13mo
sisilia Ooohhh… looking forward to this 13mo
Caroline2 Ohhh I loved this book when I read it as a teenager!! 😆 can‘t wait either!!! 13mo
Oryx @Caroline2 I read this so many times - I loved it. 13mo
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TheBookHippie
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#middlegrademarch
1. Judy Blume my lifesaver!!!!
2. Rollerskating my dad owned a roller rink from when I was 8-40 years old.
3. Parochial school … so many idiotic rules … 🤬so so many🤮🤮🤮
4. I‘m doing a reread of Are you there God ? Preparing for the movie..♥️♥️♥️♥️

IndoorDame How did I not know there was going to be a movie!!!??? 13mo
IndoorDame Exciting!!! It looks so good ❤️❤️❤️ 13mo
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dabbe
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My favorite book as a child becoming a movie? #abouttime #signmeup 😭

CBee Ohhhhhh this is amazing!!! I adored that book ♥️♥️♥️ 1y
dabbe @CBee Me, too! It helped me through 4-6th grade. Tremendously. ❣️ 1y
CBee @dabbe so many of her books did that for me ♥️ 1y
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Shievad
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I don‘t think I ever read this book as a child but I definitely wish I had! Judy Blume is exceptionally talented at writing in the way children think and see the world.

Bren912 I read as a young teen and I can still vividly remember certain parts. Might be time for a revisit! 1y
Shievad @Bren912 ❤️❤️ FYI, it‘s apparently been updated. I read the update version where modern menstrual products with plastic and adhesives are used instead of garters and belts that were used in the ‘70s. 1y
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AmandaBlaze
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Clwojick This is a classic! 💖 2y
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jdiehr
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Follow the link https://betterme.ca/ to listen to me and my dear friend Heather Ross discuss book banning.

What are some of your favorite banned books??

Mine are anything by Judy Blume and The Outsiders by SE Hinton.

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Kshakal
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Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this one!! 3y
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CaitlinByTheBook
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Mehso-so

Finished this middle grade book tonight and Emmie is not so sure about it 😂 Reading some of Judy Blume‘s books that I never read as a child and this was one of them. 3⭐️

wanderinglynn Your cat does not look impressed. 😆💜🐱 3y
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ravenlee
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I never read this as an adolescent and definitely missed out. I identified so hard with a lot of this. Will be getting a copy for the kiddo for a couple years down the road. I thought Nancy sounded awful and wish there was more explanation of the parents‘ perspective (but that‘s mom-me talking).

Third finish for #AnyWayYouReadathon and first for #AwesomeApril - courtesy of hubby taking kiddo for lunch and errands so I could read.

Eggbeater This is a classic must-read! 3y
kimmypete1 So glad it stands the test of time! 3y
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 3y
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