Are you there God? It’s me Margaret is about a girl who is 12 years old going through adolescences. She just moved from New York City to Farbrooks, New Jersey. This book is about Margaret making new friends at her new school and trying to grow up into a pre teen. She is worried that she is not developing as fast as some of her new friends. Her group of friends go through things from stuffing their bra’s to what project they had to conclude by the end of the year and everything in between.
Her family is not religious anymore. Her mother was a Protestant and her father was of the Jewish faith but when they got married they were going to let their children decide of what religion they wanted to be. Margaret decides to do her project about religion. Throughout the year she visits different church services to decide what religion she wants to join. By the end of the semester she cannot decide what religion she wants to be, but at least she tried. But through the whole book she talks to God about things she cannot talk to anyone else about.
Evaluation
I believe that every young girl or boy can relate to this realistic fiction book. Each young girl goes through becoming a woman therefor prorating the realities of life for today's children. Not every child has a certain faith but most kids do question their faith. If they are not a faith, some children ask their parents why they are not. As for the children that are of a certain faith, they question if their faith is the "right" one.
Theme
Theme
The theme of the book is about growing up into a teenager.
Use in a classroom
Read the book in class and you put students in a club like Margaret had and that would be your cooperative learning groups for the time of the lesson. Make the boys feel included since this based around a girl. You can also have them write in a journal and give the journal a name so the kids can have someone to confide in. Margaret talked to God when she felt like there was no one else to talk to.
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