# Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

**Author:** Judy Blume
**Grade range:** Grades 4–6
**Age range:** 9–11
**First published:** 1970
**Page count:** 154
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781447223955`
**ISBN-10:** `1447223950`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- puberty
- menarche
- christians
- jews

## Where this book is assigned

### Hawai'i Nēnē Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 1975 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Hawaii — [source: Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) — Hawaii's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.neneaward.org/winners.html)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Hawaii — [source: Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) — Hawaii's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.neneaward.org/winners.html)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Hawaii — [source: Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) — Hawaii's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.neneaward.org/winners.html)

### North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · North Dakota — [source: North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award past winners — 1979 winner](https://ndla.info/Flicker-Tale-Past-Winners)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · North Dakota — [source: North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award past winners — 1979 winner](https://ndla.info/Flicker-Tale-Past-Winners)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · North Dakota — [source: North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award past winners — 1979 winner](https://ndla.info/Flicker-Tale-Past-Winners)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · North Dakota — [source: North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award past winners — 1979 winner](https://ndla.info/Flicker-Tale-Past-Winners)

### Wisconsin Golden Archer Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Wisconsin — [source: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 1974 Middle winner](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afRCQWZ4zVhHDBLbP0bq0bDlAA6t7XUHjd8pVLfdsyg)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Wisconsin — [source: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 1974 Middle winner](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afRCQWZ4zVhHDBLbP0bq0bDlAA6t7XUHjd8pVLfdsyg)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Wisconsin — [source: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 1974 Middle winner](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afRCQWZ4zVhHDBLbP0bq0bDlAA6t7XUHjd8pVLfdsyg)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Wisconsin — [source: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 1974 Middle winner](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afRCQWZ4zVhHDBLbP0bq0bDlAA6t7XUHjd8pVLfdsyg)

### Young Hoosier Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1976 winner (General)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1976 winner (General)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1976 winner (General)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1976 winner (General)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1976 winner (General)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)

## Banned / challenged record

Documented removals or formal challenges in at least one school district in 1 state: IA. Source: [PEN America's Index of School Book Bans](https://pen.org/banned-book-list/) 2022-2024.

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