{"id":5457,"date":"2023-06-20T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2023-06-19T11:04:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:04:58","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-220-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-220-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 220 &#8211; Are You There, God? It&#8217;s Me, Margaret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Are You There, God? It&#8217;s Me, Margaret<\/i> by Judy Blume.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-220-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anne-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anne-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anne-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anne.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/codered.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/codered-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Code Red by Joy McCullough\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/codered-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/codered-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/codered.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781840227840\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Anne of Green Gables<\/em> by Lucy Maud Montgomery<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781534496262\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Code Red<\/span><\/em> by Joy McCullough<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780063207264\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Family Lore<\/em> by Elizabeth Acevedo<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/forever.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/forever-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Forever by Judy Blume\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/forever-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/forever-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/forever.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flow-150x213.jpg\" alt=\"Go With the Flow by Lily Williams &amp; Karen Schneemann\" width=\"150\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flow-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flow-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/flow.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/moon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/moon-150x218.jpg\" alt=\"The Moon Within by Aida Salazar\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/moon-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/moon-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/moon.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781481414432\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Forever<\/em> by Judy Blume<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250143174\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Go With the Flow<\/em> by Lily Williams &amp; Karen Schneemann<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781338283389\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Moon Within<\/em> by Aida Salazar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/poetx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/poetx-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/poetx-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/poetx-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/poetx.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sally-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself by Judy Blume\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sally-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sally-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sally.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tales.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tales-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tales-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tales-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tales.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062662811\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Poet X<\/em> by Elizabeth Acevedo<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781481413558\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself<\/em> by Judy Blume<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780142408810\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing<\/em> by Judy Blume<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/annewith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/annewith-150x188.jpg\" alt=\"Anne with an E\" width=\"176\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/annewith-150x188.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/annewith-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/annewith-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/annewith.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/margaretmovie-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/margaretmovie-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Are You There God? It's Me Margaret movie poster\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/margaretmovie-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/margaretmovie-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/margaretmovie-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/margaretmovie-996x1536.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/margaretmovie-1328x2048.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/margaretmovie-scaled.jpg 1661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/p_turningred_22797_1_c17f32af.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/p_turningred_22797_1_c17f32af.jpeg\" alt=\"Turning Red \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/p_turningred_22797_1_c17f32af.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/p_turningred_22797_1_c17f32af.jpeg\" alt=\"Turning Red \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Turning_Red_poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Turning_Red_poster.jpg\" alt=\"Turning Red \" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80136311\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anne with an E (TV series)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itsmemargaret.movie\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Are You There God, It&#8217;s Me Margaret<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/movies.disney.com\/turning-red\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Turning Red<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Are You There, God? It&#8217;s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2327,2325,2324,1566,1496,2323,2329,2328,1195,48,30,2326],"class_list":["post-5457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-aida-salazar","tag-anne-with-an-e","tag-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret","tag-elizabeth-acevedo","tag-joy-mccullough","tag-judy-blume","tag-karen-schneemann","tag-lily-williams","tag-lucy-maud-montgomery","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-turning-red"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5474,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5457\/revisions\/5474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}