Margaret Simon is having a hard time adjusting to life in the suburbs of New Jersey, and it’s even tougher on a preteen. There are so many pressures on a preteen: making friends and fitting in, a new male teacher, and puberty. She also has to think about her parents and her grandmother. It’s a good thing she has their support, but it’s hard to talk about everything with them, so even though she’s not any religion, she finds herself talking to God. Even though she doesn’t always get the answers she wants or things don’t happen when she wants them to happen, she finds comfort in sharing her thoughts and feelings with God in her own way.
Tweens are at an age where their lives revolve around themselves, their friends, and school. It is very important to fit in so as not to be singled out and ridiculed by the other students. Everyone, at one time or another, has felt pressure from friends and family and wanting to do the right thing, but at the same time wanting to be accepted by their peers. People have also felt disappointed when things don’t go their way or when the people they love the most let them down, and then realizing that by talking things over with someone, they always get better.
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