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So, I'm sure that most if not all of my older readers(not old, just older) have read Are You There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume. I feel like it's a great story about growing up and figuring out life. The one problem I saw when re-reading it recently and discussing it with the children's librarian ay my library is that it's a bit outdated. I mean, the heart and soul of the novel is still great, but I feel like some of the social situations and the overall setting of the novel may not be as accessible to middle grade kids as it once was. I feel like this novel could take on a second life if the lovely Judy Blume could update it and just make it a bit more relevant to today. I'm not saying it has to be filled with garbage to make it more technology relevant, just a bit more 21st century. Kids are different these days and I think that this great piece of literature should reflect that so that more kids will read it. Someone could write a new novel similar to this, but really I'd love to just see this one redone a bit.
What so you think? Have you read this one? Do you think it might fair better today if it was brought up to date?
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Yep, I'm sure I read this when I was younger, but I do agree that there are books these days that kids will still relate to, and others will be too outdated.
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