Guardian.co.uk, October 7, 2011
...would suggest. "Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison" the plucky heroine begins every chapter, nodding at Judy Blume's classic of pubescent girlish angst Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret . A typical teenager – so emotionally needy, ...
International Business Times HK, September 29, 2011
...featured incest, rape, sexuality, and other topics in a small New England town during the 1930s and 1940s. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (1970) The depiction of puberty in Blume's book was especially criticized. The book ...
Guardian.co.uk, September 3, 2011
...terrible circumstances; I've just gone further. We have it in various guises – The Shawshank Redemption ; or Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret , which I used as almost a model for this. Although in that Margaret ends up not ...
Creative Loafing, August 30, 2011
...Rye as much a part of the young adult canon as it is classic literature. There's also Judy Blume's 1970 novel, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret., heralded as a classic of the YA form for subtly exploring issues of religious ambiguity and ...
Associated Content, July 26, 2011
...I was Margaret. I ached over the struggle between my grandparents. I argued.I was angry with God. Judy Blume did for me what no one else had done. She reached out, pulled me in, and taught me how to become someone else. Since then I have ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 21, 2011
...numerous young-adult authors, including Robert Cormier, whose novel, "The Chocolate War," is considered a seminal teen book; Judy Blume, author of books such as "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and "Forever"; and Phyllis Reynolds ...
Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2009
...honor to be here with them." The appreciation went both ways. Elizabeth Caturano, 10, hoped to tell Judy Blume how much she liked her books, especially "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." Chuck Mullins and Ron Griswold, both 61, arrived ...
Southwest Florida Herald Tribune, June 14, 2009
...To know stuff is a bad thing. It has consequences, and the consequences are death.' Also attending was Judy Blume, whose books, too, often show up on lists of banned works. The author, whose novels include 'Forever' and 'Are You There God? ...
Deseret Morning News, June 7, 2009
...To know stuff is a bad thing. It has consequences, and the consequences are death.' Also attending was Judy Blume, whose books, too, often show up on lists of banned works. The author, whose novels include 'Forever' and 'Are You There God? ...
CFRB AM 1010, June 4, 2009
...To know stuff is a bad thing. It has consequences, and the consequences are death.' Also attending was Judy Blume, whose books, too, often show up on lists of banned works. The author, whose novels include 'Forever' and 'Are You There God? ...
StarBanner.com, June 4, 2009
...To know stuff is a bad thing. It has consequences, and the consequences are death.'Also attending was Judy Blume, whose books, too, often show up on lists of banned works. The author, whose novels include 'Forever' and 'Are You There God? ...
Toronto Star Online, May 12, 2009
...by the truth.' The book he's working on now he describes as a darkly comic update of Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Only, true to his style, Margaret wakes up dead and in hell, and from there you learn her backstory and ...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 12, 2009
...Nancy Drew series) to dealing with real-life, painful issues affecting adolescence as depicted by Beverly Cleary, Lois Duncan, Judy Blume, Madeleine L'Engle and Norma Klein. Skurnick groups her eruptive essays around themes, for example, ...
Womens Health Mag, March 19, 2009
...and I wanted people to listen. And read. The title of your second book is a nod to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. I'm guessing you read it as a girl. Yeah?I loved Judy Blume. In that book, Margaret is surprised when she gets her ...