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- It’s Me, Margaret’ is not based on a true story. The movie is an adaptation of Judy Blume’s eponymous 1970 novel that follows similar characters and storylines.
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. is a middle-grade novel by American writer Judy Blume, published in 1970. Its protagonist, Margaret Simon, is a sixth-grader who grows up without a religious affiliation because of her parents' interfaith marriage. This contemporary realistic novel was popular with middle-grade readers in the 1970s for its ...
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Apr 28, 2023 · It’s Me, Margaret’ is not based on a true story. The movie is an adaptation of Judy Blume’s eponymous 1970 novel that follows similar characters and storylines.
- Revisiting Blume’s Career
- Defining Girlhood
- Blume and Book Banning, Then and Now
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1938, the young Judy Sussman was an avid reader who sought to make sense of the world around her. As she tells the New York Times, “By the time I was 12 or 13, I was choosing books from my parents’ bookshelves. No books were off limits. My mother, who had many fears, was not afraid of what books I chose to read. Re...
S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, a decidedly darker take on the travails of youth, is often described as the first young adult (Y.A.) novel. While other books about teenagers predate Hinton’s 1967 classic, among them J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, these stories were mainly marketed to adults. In contrast, Hinton’s novel about a group of rebellious...
Over the years, Blume has received pushback for her frank, honest depictions of puberty and sexuality. In the 1980s, school boards around the country petitioned to ban many of her books, including Deenie, Blubber and Forever. Speaking with Datebook, Blume calls the 1980s the “censorship years,” a tumultuous period that inspired her activism against...
Apr 29, 2023 · It's Me, Margaret' isn't a universal story — and that's OK In 1970, Judy Blume published the story of one girl, at one moment, with one group of friends, who experiences early...
Apr 24, 2023 · It's Me, Margaret., told the story of an 11-year-old girl who worried that all the other girls were getting their periods, developing breasts and starting to wear bras — but she wasn't.
- Terry Gross
It’s Me, Margaret‘ was a groundbreaking book due to its honest and apt portrayal of puberty and religion. Blume’s use of first-person narration and Margaret’s relatable voice allowed young readers to connect with her experiences and emotions.
Apr 20, 2023 · The God Margaret confides in is nondenominational; as a preteen, she has agency and choice. This 53-year-old story is landing in theaters squarely in the middle of today’s culture wars.
