Margaret Ann Simon

Margaret is the protagonist of the book and it is written from her point of view. Her interactions with friends, family, and God give readers the information needed to understand Margaret’s life and trials. Margaret is eleven years old when book starts and has just moved to Farbrook, New Jersey from New York, where she has lived her whole life. An only child, Margaret has a good relationship with her parents and has no problem with her family not having a religious affiliation. After she moves to Farbrook, however, Margaret is bothered by being an outsider for having no religion. She begins a quest to find a religious group she likes so that she will know what to answer when people ask her if she is going to join the Jewish Community Center or the YMCA. Though she eventually gives up trying to find a...