The action of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret occurs in two locales, New York City and a suburb of New Jersey called Farbrook, and it is framed by Margaret Simon's sixth-grade school year as well as her shift from child to adolescent.
A few minor details suggest a late 1960s setting, but the novel's action seems appropriate for any decade after World War II.
Margaret must cope with a new environment when her family moves from New York to Farbrook; she must enter a new school and make new friends. She also brings problems with her.
Margaret's parents, Herb and Barbara Simon, come from different religious backgrounds: her mother is Christian while her father is Jewish. The Simons believe they have solved their religious problem by ignoring their faith; instead, they.....
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