
‘Are You There, God?’ Reminds Us Why Books Are Still Banned, Even in the Digital Age
[ad_1] At the time the book came out, some critics seemed surprised at how deeply it drilled into the anxious self-centeredness of a growing child. “The world may be in serious trouble, but for Margaret Simon and her friends, the real crises have to do with breast‐growth and the competition to see who menstruates first,”…