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Mar 25, 2024Spillie rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
One appreciates books read as a child very differently when they are read again as an adult. My first recollection of this book was annoyance because my Mom’s name was Margaret. I was not interested in reading anything with that name…
Mar 15, 2024Gmommie rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Wow what a wonderful book for older children who can relate to the ways the girls in this favorite book of my girls when they were 4th and 5th grades .It was their language and it I was glad they had someone other than myself talking about…
Mar 13, 2024howze17 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
YEZZZ YEZZZ YEZZZ !! Judy Blume is one of my all time favorite authors. Ilove all her books. But this one is the #1. Yes as a child/teenager reading about menstruation and religion may be a bit much and overwhelming to say the less. Can…
Mar 09, 2024
An honest depiction of the experiences of adolescence that brought me back to my own childhood. While the 1970s US setting may not appear directly relatable to tweens in 2024 Aotearoa New Zealand, the setting doesn't really matter - the…
Feb 20, 2024maipenrai rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I had never read a Judy Blume book, so I thought I was past due at age 75. Every once in a while as a former college teacher I choose a "children's" book to see how such topics and racism and the Holocaust are presented. Many of these book…
Sep 30, 2023RodneyJBrown rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I thought I was running late for Banned Book Week, but turns out I'm running early, as it doesn't start until Oct. 1 this year. Regardless of my timing, here's a book that's been banned and challenged frequently by the closed-minded over…
Sep 18, 2023JCLBrittanyC rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Wow. The movie nailed this book, it was almost exactly the same. A wonderful story of growing up and finding yourself when you don’t always know where to turn!
Jul 13, 2023MillieBT rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Enjoyed this book. Clever!!!!!
Jun 26, 2023peacebenow rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Margaret and her parents move to NJ where she makes friends easily. She quickly makes friends and learns about bras and menstruation, boys and how to deal w/ rumors that can be hurtful to others.
Jun 19, 2023soulfulsusanv rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I was several years too old to read this when it came out. Recently saw the film and liked it a lot so thought I should read the book. Very light quick read and interesting how close the movie stuck to the book. Being in my late 60s the…
Nov 25, 2022Anita_Dickey rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I read this book for the 52 books in 52 weeks reading challenge. I used the 2019 challenge prompt read a book with a strong female lead. I remember liking this book a lot when i was a kid. I found it kindof silly as an adult. I suppose…
Mar 13, 2022black_hawk_133 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The book takes place in 1970 and it is hard for a 8-12 yo girl in 2022 to relate to it. There is also a cultural dimension, only if you are a white American woman born in the 1955 - 1960 you can relate, which is interesting on historical…
Mar 14, 2021DMPenguinReads rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Most of the comments say it is for girl's i disagree it is for everyone I liked it
Feb 12, 2021darladoodles rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Five belated stars for Judy Blume's honest and heartwarming depiction of a tween's search for God. Her mother was raised Presbyterian and her father Jewish. When they married they left religion behind and were determined to let Margaret…
Jan 24, 2021blue_dolphin_3008 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Though it was once on the banned book list, I think this is a wonderful book for young ladies growing up. I am a huge fan of Judy Blume, and have yet to be disappointed! Margaret is a young girl who is going through moving to a different…
Oct 13, 2020RyanR_KCMO rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I did not read this as a young lady growing up. I will say that as a 40 year-old man I think this may be the perfect book about growing up. Blume so proficiently puts her main character in the perfect storm of conflicts: with her friends,…
Sep 30, 2020pacl_teens rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. is a book that talks about the concept of girl puberty. Margaret just moved from New York to the suburbs and is trying to make new friends while balancing the start puberty. She meets new friends at…
Dec 14, 2019mountainsandhills rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I was surprised to see how the book glorified pornography. Instead of seeing pornography as a way of enslaving women, the book held porn as an ideal for young girls. I would not recommend it to adults, let alone the pre-teen age group at…
Nov 04, 2019DeyaMirkov rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ FIVE STARS!!!
Oct 31, 2019MKBrosnihan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book was/is forbidden in my grade school for teaching women about their bodies. :O So I read it as an adult. I feel like it would have been helpful as a young girl. It would have told me that other girls have the same…
Oct 03, 2019Donna_R rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
What a joy it was to revisit this with my pre-teen kid who find it utterly absorbing. Like those oft mentioned Teenage Softies.
Feb 12, 2019
I sure hope this book is updated and the girls are using tampons or other current feminine products. Unless you're over 50(like me), you probably don't know what a pad with a "belt" means. When I see the commercial with the lady…
Nov 06, 2018Lady_Librarian rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I decided to pick this up after Judy Blume sold the film right for it. Of course it's a very well known coming-of-age book. Admittedly, I never picked it up because I was unsure of how religious it would be (based on the title) and me…
Nov 01, 2018LPL_SarahM rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I just read this for the first time (at age 42) and found it to be a nearly perfect book.
Oct 12, 2018JCLHeatherM rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
12 year old Margaret Simon just wants to fit in when her family moves to New Jersey. Facing peer pressure, boy troubles, and a religious identity crisis, Margaret finds the courage to forge her own path and decides that it's better just…