Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Whoever read this book can you please tell me who and what is the character like?

Margaret is the protagonist of the book and it is written from her point of view. Her interactions with friends, family, and God give readers the information needed to understand Margaret’s life and trials. Margaret is eleven years old when book starts and has just moved to Farbrook, New Jersey from New York, where she has lived her whole life. An only child, Margaret has a good relationship with her parents and has no problem with her family not having a religious affiliation. After she moves to Farbrook, however, Margaret is bothered by being an outsider for having no religion. She begins a quest to find a religious group she likes so that she will know what to answer when people ask her if she is going to join the Jewish Community Center or the YMCA. Though she eventually gives up trying to find a denomination, Margaret continues to talk to God and confide in him the worries of her life.

Margaret is a “good kid,” demonstrated by her close relationship with her grandmother and her desire to get high marks in school. When she offends a tall, developed classmate, Margaret gets physically ill because she feels so remorseful. She admits to God that she feels like some of her requests are selfish in nature and she gives her estranged grandparents a chance when her mother requests that she try. Margaret lacks the vicious tendencies of the other girls in her group, though she is not always brave enough to take a stand.