Lisa speaks with Annie B. Jones, who owns The Bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia about Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Annie hosts the From the Front Porch Podcast where she discusses business and life in the south.  In this article, author Judy Blume shares how she came up with the novel. Time Magazine ranked the book in the top 100 best books released since 1923. This article discusses unique facts about the book. The book has had multiple covers and one with Margaret texting God was controversial. Books discussed: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesThe Babysitter's Club by Ann M. MartinA Place for Us by Fatima Farheen MirzaGold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Everyone in This Room will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin Backwater by Joan BauerThwonk by Joan BauerBloomability by Sharon CreechThe Next Great Jane by K.L. GoingThe Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean SovernOut of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperI am Malala (Young Reader's Version) by Malala YousafaziHatchet by Gary PaulsenI Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda and Kaitlin AlifirenkaBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonA Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce CameronHistory Smashers - Pearl Harbor by Kate MessnerPetey by Ben Mikaelsen Refugee by Alan GratzEl Deafo by Cece BellPictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly GiffTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittFor more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website. *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission.

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