Margaret Simon

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Margaret Simon is the preteen protagonist of Judy Blume’s classic coming-of-age novel, navigating puberty, friendship, and questions of religious identity.

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Margaret Simon canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
novel protagonist ⓘ
adaptedIn 2023 film Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret ⓘ
age preteen ⓘ
appearsInWork Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorThemes frank discussion of adolescence ⓘ
concernedWith breast development ⓘ
menstruation ⓘ
peer acceptance ⓘ
creator Judy Blume ⓘ
culturalImpact iconic representation of girls’ puberty in literature ⓘ
dealsWith changing body ⓘ
conflicting expectations from extended family ⓘ
social pressures at school ⓘ
famousLine Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. ⓘ
fatherReligion Jewish ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1970 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasFriendGroup girls in her sixth-grade class ⓘ
hasInternalMonologue prayers addressed to God ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
lifeStage adolescence ⓘ
literaryGenre coming-of-age novel ⓘ
realistic fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
motherReligion Christian ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrator ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
portrayedBy Abby Ryder Fortson ⓘ
religiousBackground interfaith family ⓘ
setting suburban New Jersey ⓘ
strugglesWith choice of religious affiliation ⓘ
symbolizes early adolescent girlhood ⓘ
talksTo God ⓘ
targetAudienceContext middle-grade readers ⓘ
themeInvolvement coming of age ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
puberty ⓘ
religious identity ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. → mainCharacter → Margaret Simon ⓘ
Sylvia Simon → hasRelative → Margaret Simon ⓘ
Sylvia Simon → grandparentOf → Margaret Simon ⓘ
Sylvia Simon → isCloseTo → Margaret Simon ⓘ
Sylvia Simon → givesGiftTo → Margaret Simon ⓘ
Barbara Simon → isMotherOf → Margaret Simon ⓘ