Margaret has just moved to a new town and is about to start sixth grade.
She’s very concerned about when she will start developing a figure, as
are her new-found friends. Though her parents have raised her without
religion, she has always carried on private conversations with God. She
decides to make religion a project for the year, but she doesn’t feel an
immediate connection with any of the experiences she tries. How will
the project turn out? And will she ever start her period?
I came
across a mention of this book in another book I was reading, and
realized that I hadn’t read it since my own adolescence. It stands up
well to the test of time, since so much of it is about Margaret’s
emotional life and the big questions she has about religion and growing
up. I feel that this book deserves its classic status.
(Reviewed from a copy borrowed through my library system.)
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