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Average rating3.7
'1 JUST TOLD MY MOTHER 1 WANTED A BRA. PLEASE HELP ME TO GROW, GOD. YOU KNOW WHERE. OH PLEASE, GOD, 1 JUST WANT TO BE NORMAL .. .'
There just doesn't seem to be anyone around that Margaret can talk to, really talk to about the problems of growing up - boys, schools and parents. So Margaret chats to God about her troubles, hoping He can help her find the answers.
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As a teenager, I was going about my own merry way until Margaret and her literary ilk sent me into a neurotic spiral of “why don't I worry about my body shape?” “Why don't I have obsessive, angsty crashes on guys?” “Why don't I care whether my friends have their periods?”
The answer, revealed years later is that I'm far wiser than these girls and their nonfictional counterparts – a truth I wish I knew as a middleschooler when teachers harassed me about not being able to find ways that Margaret resonated with me.
A book about a petty and shallow girl, befitting petty and shallow preteens and the intelligent young women who want insight into why their peers have suddenly gone crazy.
I can only imagine the relief a girl coming-of-teenage might feel while reading this
Re-read on audiobook. I remember hiding in the library at school reading this in 4th grade, being absolutely shocked about bras and periods (we didn't have the internet back then, friends!). I did not, however, remember the very frank discussion of religion. She's “no religion” and goes on an exploration tour through Judaism, Christianity, and catholicism to see what feels right to her. For a YA book from 1970, I am impressed.
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