“Later, I found out the books never made it to the shelf,” Blume wrote on her blog. When the book was first published, Blume donated three signed copies to her kids’ elementary school. Blume’s own children’s school library refused to carry Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (Good news: It appears to have fallen off the list for 2010-2019.) 6. In the 1990s, the book was number 60 on the ALA’s list for 2000-2009, it ranked at 99. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret has been a mainstay on the list of most frequently challenged books.ĭespite not intending to court controversy, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret has earned a practically permanent spot on the American Library Association (ALA) list of the 100 most frequently challenged book for decades.
To me there was nothing wrong with thinking about getting your period and wanting your breasts to grow. So this was what I wanted desperately-and so does Margaret. “I was small and not developed, and everything came later to me. I wanted to be honest,” the author said in 2020. But it was never Blume’s intent to write a scandalous book. The honesty with which Blume discusses normal pre-teen topics like puberty and sexual curiosity is what has made Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret so beloved-and also so controversial. She didn’t set out to write a controversial book. Margaret is the book that changed my life.” 4. But then it was all so new, so exciting, so close to the surface. “These days I can’t write a six-page essay in six weeks. “The first draft came out quickly and spontaneously, in about six weeks,” Blume wrote on her blog in 2020. Blume wrote Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret in six weeks. Out of all of her characters, Blume said that Margaret is one of the most autobiographical, along with Sally J. The characters in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret are a combination of Blume and her friends at 12 years old. I just did it-and this is what came out,” Blume said in a 2020 interview with CBC. “It was my third published book, but the first real book, the book where I just let go.
Judy Blume considers Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret her first “real” book.Īlthough Blume had two books on bookshelves already- The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo and Iggie’s House-Blume says Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was the book that felt the most intimate and “real.” Here are 11 page-turning facts about Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret that all Blume fans should know. Whether you read it in the 1970s or the 2000s, Margaret Simon’s sixth-grade trials and tribulations no doubt rang true. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, may technically be middle-aged now-the pre-teen tale by Judy Blume turned 50 in 2020-but the book’s lessons are for the ages.
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