With sensitivity and humor, Judy Blume has captured the joys, fears and uncertainty that surround a young girl approaching adolescence [in "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret"]. Margaret Simon, almost 12, frequently chats with God, relaying all her problems concerning puberty and religion (she is the only child of non-religious, mixed-marriage parents). Margaret's story is any young girl's story, but when Judy Blume writes it there is an exception—it is directed toward each reader individually. (pp. 62-3)

Lavinia Russ, in Publishers Weekly (reprinted from the January 11, 1971, issue of Publishers Weekly by permission of the critic, published by R. R. Bowker Company, a Xerox company; copyright © 1971 by Xerox Corporation), January 11, 1971.