Books on Film: Watch the Trailer for ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET.
Judy Blume’s classic is coming to the big screen on April 28th. Here’s the trailer:
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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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I don’t know how the movie will approach the Jewish themes in the novel. In addition to her groundbreaking exploration of adolescence, Blume included Jewish identity as a key part of the story:
https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/searching-for-jewish-identity-in-two-judy-blume-novels