Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) on Netflix
In 1970, eleven-year-old Margaret Simon learns her family is moving from New York City to New Jersey. She talks to God about her worries and joins a new group of friends.
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In 1970, eleven-year-old Margaret Simon learns her family is leaving New York City for a New Jersey suburb because her father Herb has been promoted. Sad to leave her friends and her grandmother Sylvia, she begins telling God about her worries and hopes. Neighbor Nancy Wheeler brings her into a group with Gretchen Potter and Janie Loomis. At school, teacher Mr. Benedict assigns a year-long research project, and after reading her questionnaire, he asks why she dislikes religious holidays. Margaret explains that her mother Barbara is Christian and her father Jewish, and they want her to choose her own faith as an adult. He suggests religion as her subject. Margaret then asks Barbara why she has never met her mother's parents, and Barbara says she is estranged from Paul and Mary, who disowned her after she married a Jewish man.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
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- Author Judy Blume rejected several offers to adapt her book over the 49 years since its publication, then sold the film rights to James L. Brooks and Kelly Fremon Craig, who had worked together on The Edge of Seventeen.
