History Literature / AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret

* AnAesop: Moose tells Margaret she should get the facts about people rather than make or rely on assumptions about them after she accuses him of going behind the A&P with Laura Danker.
* [[AndStarring And Introducing]]: Abby Ryder Fortson gets this credit because it's her first starring role, though she'd been in several other films (perhaps most notably, she played Cassie Lang in the first two ''Ant-Man'' movies before being replaced by Creator/EmmaFuhrmann in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', who was herself replaced by Creator/KathrynNewton for ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'').

* AgainstMyReligion: During the preparations for Margaret's class's holiday choir concert--with five Christian songs and three Hanukkah ones--Jewish classmate Alan Gordon refuses to sing Christmas songs and Christian classmate Lisa Murphy refuses to sing Hanukkah songs, both claiming it's against their religion. Mr. Benedict's appeal to reason fails. In the book Alan comes in with a note and doesn't sing the Christian songs. Laura sings when they march but doesn't even mouth the words during the Hanukkah songs. In the movie Mr. Benedict compromises by allowing both kids to remain silent during any songs that go against their beliefs.

* [[AndStarring And Introducing]]: Abby Ryder Fortson gets this credit because it's her first starring role, though she'd been in several other films (perhaps most notably, she played Cassie Lang in the first two ''Ant-Man'' movies before being replaced by Creator/KathrynNewton for ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'').

* AgainstMyReligion: During the preparations for Margaret's class's holiday choir concert--with five Christian songs and three Hanukkah ones--Jewish classmate Alan Gordon refuses to sing Christmas songs and Christian classmate Lisa Murphy refuses to sing Hanukkah songs, both claiming it's against their religion. Mr. Benedict's appeal to reason fails. In the book Alan comes in with a note and doesn't sing the Christian songs. Laura sings when they march but doesn't even mouth the words during the Hanukkah songs. In the movie Mr. Benedict compromises by allowing both kids to remain silent during any songs that go against their beliefs.
* AlphaBitch: Nancy Wheeler, Margaret's friend, manipulates her friends into following her lead along with rubbing salt into their personal insecurities (Gretchen's weight and Margaret's flat chest) and spreading rumors about Laura Danker.

* [[AndStarring And Introducing]]: Abby Ryder Forston gets this credit because it's her first starring role, though she'd been in several other films (perhaps most notably, she played Cassie Lang in the first two ''Ant-Man'' movies before being replaced by Creator/KathrynNewton for ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'').

* SweaterGirl: Laura Danker wears one, and she's the only one in her sixth grade class with breasts big enough to pull this trope off. Margaret owns many sweaters, but doesn't fill them out.

* FakePeriodExcuse: A variant. [[spoiler:Nancy pretends to get her first period to try to impress her friends; in the book she just sends a postcard to Margaret with the words "I GOT IT!". This backfires when she actually has her first period later later and Margaret is present for Nancy's panic.]]

* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: Or at least, a bully. Margaret's first friend in New Jersey, Nancy Wheeler, immediately tells her awful things about their classmate Laura Danker (who is going through precocious puberty), including claiming she goes behind the A&P and lets boys feel her up. Margaret believes what she's told and treats Laura like an anathema throughout the book, until Laura calls her out about it to her face. In the film, she shows full remorse and tries to be kind to Laura before the end of the school year.

* PrecociousCrush: Margaret has one on Moose, a friend of Nancy's older brother Evan.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Margaret and her parents are nicer in the film than in the book. Barbara is closer to Margaret and checks in on her in a very sweet way after the disastrous visit from her parents (Margaret's maternal grandparents). Herb is less hostile to his wife about her having contacted her parents and more upset about how they treated ''her'' than how they treat him. Margaret, most importantly, becomes willing to make friends with Laura Danker rather than nothing happening after Laura tells her off.

* GoodParents: In the film especially, Barbara is a really good mom to Margaret. She's supportive without being smothering--such as when she warns Margaret that wearing shoes without socks will give her blisters, but doesn't insist on them and leaves her to learn this on her own--and worries about not having spent enough time with her. She does make mistakes, but in the film the the situation with her parents has her come across much better.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Nancy and her friends are fascinated by and eager about their starting puberty and trying to be more grown-up, and are competitive over who develops or has her period first. They also shun and slut-shame Laura Danker for being further along in puberty than they are.
* IHaveNoDaughter: And "I Have No Son-in-Law". A central plot involves Margaret's maternal grandparents who disowned Barbara because, as very conservative Christians, they were angry she wanted to marry Margaret's Jewish father Herb. This is why Margaret is raised with no religion. They later express a desire to reconcile, though only with Barbara--not her father, whom they don't even mention in their letter. They barely acknowledge Herb when they come to visit, and when they abruptly leave it's implied they still haven't fully reconciled with Barbara.

* RaceLift: Janie, who is white in the books, [[note]]While not explicitly stated, given the themes of conforming in suburbia and fitting in--and later mentions of race in another book, Literature/IggiesHouse, it's likely she's white.[[/note]] is cast in the movie as black Amari Alexis Price.

* UnnamedParent: ZigZaggedTrope with Margaret's maternal grandparents. They're named on the envelope of the holiday card Barbara sends as Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hutchins; her grandmother later signs her name as Mary Hutchens. However, during their visit Herb calls her Mrs. Hutchens, and the two call each other "Father" and "Mother" instead of by their first names.

* TrendCovers: The covers have been updated numerous times over the years, to continue to appeal to new generations of readers; one has what looks like a modern text message in the style of ''ttyl''. A 2023 reprint cover is themed after the movie, with the actress on the front.

More than fifty years after publication, Judy Blume finally agreed to allow a [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] to be produced. The film was produced by Creator/JamesLBrooks and written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'') and stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, Creator/RachelMcAdams as Barbara, [[Creator/TheSafdieBrothers Benny Safdie]] as Herb Simon, and Creator/KathyBates as Sylvia. It was released on April 28, 2023.

More than fifty years after publication, Judy Blume finally agreed to allow a [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] to be produced. The film was produced by Creator/JamesLBrooks and written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'') and stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, Creator/RachelMcAdams as Barbara, [[Creator/TheSafdieBrothers Benny Safdie]] as Herb Simon, and Creator/KathyBates as Sylvia. It was released on April 28, 2023, but [[BoxOfficeBomb only made back $21.5 million of its $30 million budget]].

* ApologyGift: Or rather, apology visit; when Herb and Barbara realize that Barbara's parents were using their visit to see their granddaughter as an excuse to leave dramatically (they only stay one day) and make themselves the center of attention--and Margaret sourly points out they ruined her vacation--they get a mutual JerkassRealization. Herb calls his mother, Sylvia, to come visit Margaret and help cheer her up.

* CoverupPurchase: Embarrassed about buying menstrual pads for the first time, Margaret and her friends buy other products along with them to curb attention away from the pads. In the book Margaret is not as embarrassed, in part because she's had a recent crisis of faith and is feeling defiant against God.

* EnthusiasticNewbieTeacher: Mr. Benedict is a first year sixth-grade teacher. He's a well-meaning but inexperienced teacher who struggles to get his students' approval.

More than fifty years after publication, Judy Blume finally agreed to allow a [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] to be produced. The film was produced by Creator/JamesLBrooks and written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'') and stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, Creator/RachelMcAdams as Barbara, [[Creator/TheSafdieBrothers Benny Safdie]] as Herb Simon, and Creator/KathyBates as Sylvia. It was released on April 28, 2023.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. One of the major plots is around the four main girls wanting their periods, and they frequently talk about them. The sixth grade girls are all taken to a presentation about it during school ( [[SelfPromotionDisguisedAsNews sponsored by the brand Private Lady]]). All of them [[spoiler:but one]] get theirs by the end of sixth grade; Gretchen is first and the other girls ask her everything about it they can. [[spoiler:Margaret gets hers in the last chapter.]]

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Margaret and her parents are nicer in the film than in the book. Barbara is closer to Margaret and checks in on her in a very sweet way after the disastrous visit from her parents/Maragaret's maternal grandparents. Herb is less hostile to his wife about her having contacted her parents and more upset about how they treated ''her'' than how they treat him. Margaret, most importantly, becomes willing to make friends with Laura Danker rather than nothing happening after Laura tells her off.

* AdaptationalSympathy: Margaret's mom Barbara, see below.
* AdaptationExpansion: Barbara in the film is fully a {{Deuteragonist}} with her own story going on simultaneously to Margaret's. She decided to stop teaching painting so she could be a stay-at-home mom and spend more time with her daughter and participate in the PTA. Her plotline deals with the trouble she has doing that, and her trying to do right by Margaret while also struggling with her own emotional wounds.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Margaret and her parents are all a bit nicer in the film than in the book. Barbara is closer to Margaret and checks in on her in a very sweet way after the disastrous grandparental visit. Herb is less hostile to his wife about her having contacted her parents and in fact is most upset about how they treated ''her''. And Margaret herself becomes willing to make friends with Laura Danker.

* RaceLift: Janie, whose race isn't specified in the book, is cast in the movie as black Amari Alexis Price.
* RunningGag: The movie has the lack of furnishings in the living room, which was just noted once in the book.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Norman Fishbein for Margaret. She considers him a "drip" and when she calls his number during Ten Minutes in the Closet, he says he really likes her and she reacts by telling him to kiss her quickly on the cheek to get it overwith.

* BetaBitch: Margaret becomes one herself when she confronts Laura Danker at the library, upset she's doing a group project with her at all (along with Philip and Norman) and taking her frustrations out on her. Laura's consequent [[WhatTheHellHero calling out]] has Margaret realize she's been blindly following Nancy's lead in helping ostracize and torment Laura and [[HeelRealization immediately feels bad for it]].

* RaceLift: Janie, who is white in the books, is cast in the movie as black Amari Alexis Price.

More than fifty years after publication, Judy Blume finally agreed to allow a [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] to be produced. The film was written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'') and stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, Creator/RachelMcAdams as Barbara, [[Creator/TheSafdieBrothers Benny Safdie]] as Herb Simon, and Creator/KathyBates as Sylvia. It was released on April 28, 2023.

* {{Fingore}}: Margaret's father Herb cuts his finger trying to mow the lawn, enough that the blood seeps through the towel and he has to go the hospital. He ends up with eight stitches in his finger and has to hire Moose to cut the lawn.

** Sylvia, Margaret's paternal grandmother. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as, even if she does attend services for Jewish holidays, Margaret only goes with her once for Rosh Hosanna.

* PornStash: Margaret's father has a subscription to Magazine/Playboy. Nancy, when she hears, tells Margaret to go get an issue so they can look at the girls inside (as they just looked at a boy's body using an anatomy book).

* TearsOfRemorse: After [[DidYouThinkICantFeel Laura calls out Margaret]] for being part of the bullying against her, Margaret follows her to her Catholic Church and and enters the [[Confessional confessional booth]] after Laura leaves. When the priest asks Margaret what she wants to confess, all Margaret can say is, "I'm sorry" before rushing away and breaking down crying.

* DidYouThinkICantFeel: Laura Danker tells off Margaret for accusing her of sneaking around with older boys and tells her about how hard it is to develop breasts before your peers do.

* SchoolForcedUsTogether: Margaret after her class acts out out is made to sit next to ClassClown Freddy Barnett and Laura Danker. She later has to do a group project with Laura, Philip Leroy, and Norman Fishbein, which means sitting together and talking; since she still believes in the rumors about Laura, she's upset she has to talk to Laura at all. This culminates in her taking things out on Laura, who [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on how she's been treated.]]

* SchoolForcedUsTogether: Margaret after her class acts out out is made to sit next to ClassClown Freddy Barnett and Laura Danker. She later has to do a group project with Laura, Philip Leroy, and Norman Fishbein, which means sitting together and talking.