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Chapter 1

• Eleven-year-old Margaret Simon has just moved to the suburbs.

• Margaret prays for God's help when she has to move to New Jersey.

• Margaret really likes her grandmother, even though she always asks if she has a boyfriend and if he is Jewish.

Chapter 2

• In less than an hour in the new house, Margaret has a visitor named Nancy Wheeler, a girl in her grade. Nancy invites Margaret to her house to play in the sprinklers.

• Nancy tells Margaret about her brother who is gross because he is 14, and boys that age just want to look at naked girls.

• At Nancy's house, Margaret meets Moose, who asks Margaret about cutting grass for her family.

• In bed, Margaret talks to God about how Nancy seems to think she is not mature enough. She asks God to help her mature.

Chapter 3

• The next day, while checking the mower bag, Margaret's...

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