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Judy Blume, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret (1970)
Judy Blume wrote one of the most important pre-teen novels in 1970 with Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Margaret, who herself has no religious affiliation, is the child of a Christian mother and a Jewish father. She searches for religion in the book while at the same time facing typical adolescent growing pains, such as how to deal with boys, the changes in her body, and the general awkwardness that comes with transitioning into adulthood. In Margaret, young girls finally had a book with a character who faced the same things they were experiencing. The book was so successful that Blume went on to write a similar book, from a boy's perspective, Then Again, Maybe I Won't. |