Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

In 1970, eleven-year-old Margaret Simon returns to her New York City home after spending her summer at a sleepaway camp. Her parents Barbara and Herb inform her that the family is moving to a New Jersey suburb for her father’s job. Margaret is dejected about the move as she does not want to leave the city and resents being further away from Sylvia, her beloved paternal grandmother. She begins to communicate with God about her anxieties, thoughts, and hopes. Upon moving to New Jersey, she is quickly befriended by her neighbor and soon-to-be classmate Nancy Wheeler, who welcomes her into her friend group that includes two other girls, Gretchen Potter and Janie Loomis.