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Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
by Blume, Judy
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Waynesboro, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Bradbury Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. No other dates on copywrite, no number line. Blue cloth with black lettering on spine and title page. Ex Lib with stamp on title page, top edge and check out card on back endpapers. Heavy stain to bottom edge and to back endpapers and purple crayon marking, dampstain to front endpaper. Tape residue to covers. Well read with hinge visible in center but still pretty tight and square
Synopsis
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is about a sixth-grade girl growing up and wondering about God and puberty and boys. It was challenged a lot after the 1980s because of its frank discussion of topics like religion and sex. Blume was one of the first Young Adult novelists to write about subjects long considered taboo for teenagers, and is credited for helping to get generations of pre-teens into reading although she has also been named one of the most frequently challenged authors according to the American Library Association. The novel was Blume's third published book. It has become a touchstone coming-of-age novel for girls. Through the five decades of popularity it has received updates from the publisher, including a controversial 2014 cover art depiction of Margaret texting God, following by an ellipsis in a message bubble. In 1998, Blume updated the novel herself, changing Margaret and her friends from using 'sanitary' napkins with belts, to disposable pads. Judy Blume ’s books have won hundreds of awards. She is the recipient of the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lives in Key West and New York City. You can visit her at www.judyblume.com .
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- Seller
- Stone Soup Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 61943
- Title
- Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
- Author
- Blume, Judy
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury Press
- Date Published
- 1970
Terms of Sale
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Waynesboro, Virginia
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