Book · 1970 · Children's Middle Grade Books
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
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Judy Blume is the greatest young adult author ever.
Charlamagne tha God · The Jordan Harbinger Show · Jun 2025 Listen at 20:13 What they say about it
- Remembering the book fondly“that I remember the most”2
The best things said about it
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret that I remember the most.
Judy Blume gave me Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret was one of those books that I remember where I was sitting.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret was a more private reading experience for me.
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Why people recommend it
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume is a classic young adult novel that captures the inner life, religious confusion, and bodily anxieties of a sixth-grade girl navigating puberty. On Stuff You Should Know, Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant reflected on reading the 1970 classic during their childhoods, with Clark highlighting its status as an early defining work by Blume. Charlamagne Tha God praised Blume on The Jordan Harbinger Show as the greatest young adult author of all time, specifically singling out this novel. On The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz and Elisabeth Egan discussed the enduring appeal and cinematic adaptation of the book, with Egan describing her personal, private adolescent reading experience and recalling exactly where she sat when she first read it. Jenna Bush Hager also discussed the book on Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, sharing how she planned to pass the title along to her daughter. Across multiple podcasts, guests and hosts consistently return to the novel as a formative literary milestone that profoundly shaped generations of young readers by addressing universal questions of growing up with honesty, empathy, and remarkable psychological insight.
Every mention
Gilbert Cruz are you there God it's me Margaret is out at the end of the month 3
“are you there God it's me Margaret is out at the end of the month”
“are you there God it's me Margaret what is the place of Judy Bloom in American young adult literature”
“are you there God it's me Margaret should I check it out”
Elisabeth Egan are you there God it's me Margaret was one of those books that I I remember where I was sitting 2
“are you there God it's me Margaret was one of those books that I I remember where I was sitting”
“are you there God it's me Margaret was a a more private reading experience for me”
Josh Clark And then right out of the gate her follow-up book, again also in 1970, was Are You There God? It's Me, Marg… 2
“And then right out of the gate her follow-up book, again also in 1970, was Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.”
“Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret came out in 1970.”
Charlamagne tha God Dear Godess Me, Margaret? Yes. Judy Bloom. Judy Bloom is the greatest young adult author ever. The only per… 1
“Dear Godess Me, Margaret? Yes. Judy Bloom. Judy Bloom is the greatest young adult author ever. The only person that's even close to me is uh Beverly Clearly. Oh yeah. But Judy Bloom wrote Are You There God? It's Me Margaret.”
Chuck Bryant Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, that I remember the most. Yeah, uh I read both of those. 1
“Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, that I remember the most. Yeah, uh I read both of those.”
Jenna Bush Hager And honestly, even when when I Judy Bloom gave me Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, which is Mila's real… 1
“And honestly, even when when I Judy Bloom gave me Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, which is Mila's real name. I'm like, "Oh my god, I'm going to give that to Mila."”
Megyn Kelly are you there God it's me Margaret 1
“are you there God it's me Margaret”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I remember women passing them around the same way we passed around, you know, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret when we were when we were in fifth grade.”
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“are you there God it's me Margaret Deanie and my personal favorite starring Sally J fredman as herself among many other books”