<P> Margaret's exploration of religion leads to conflict with both sides of her family . She enjoys spending time with her Jewish paternal grandmother, who at first seems to accept her for who she is . However, when Margaret attends synagogue in order to see what the Jewish faith entails, her grandmother begins to push Margaret to embrace Judaism, which frustrates Margaret as she feels that religion should not matter if she and her grandmother love each other . Margaret's Christian maternal grandparents, who have been estranged from Margaret and her parents for many years due to their disapproval of interfaith marriage, suddenly decide to visit, but a family argument erupts when they discover that Margaret is not being raised as a Christian . In frustration, Margaret declares that she doesn't believe in God and rejects both parents' religions . She gives up on God and stops talking to him . At the end of her study project, she has not been able to resolve her religious situation as she had hoped, but has learned about herself and become more comfortable with her lack of affiliation . She then gets her first period and, relieved and happy, resumes her previous relationship with God, saying, "I know you're there God . I know you wouldn't have missed this for anything! Thank you God . Thanks an awful lot ..." </P> <Ul> <Li> Margaret Simon: The protagonist of the book . She is 12 years old and an only child . She is starting puberty and beginning to notice boys, and she is uncertain of which religion she prefers to follow . </Li> <Li> Barbara Simon (Hutchins): Margaret's stay - at - home mother, who is Christian . </Li> <Li> Herbert Simon: Margaret's father, an insurance salesman, who is Jewish . </Li> <Li> Sylvia Simon: Margaret's grandmother (Herbert's mother). She refers to Margaret as "my Margaret" or her "Jewish girl". She wants to convert Margaret to Judaism . </Li> <Li> Nancy Wheeler: Margaret's neighbor and her first new friend in Farbrook, New Jersey . </Li> <Li> Gretchen Potter: A friend of Nancy's whose father is a doctor, and who is a member of the Four PTS's . </Li> <Li> Janie Loomis: Another girl in the Four PTS's with Nancy, Gretchen, and Margaret . She is the last of the four to get her period . </Li> <Li> Evan Wheeler: Nancy's older brother . </Li> <Li> Moose Freed: Evan's friend, whom Margaret takes a great interest in . </Li> <Li> Miles J. Benedict Jr.: Margaret's sixth - grade teacher, who is in his first year in the job . </Li> <Li> Laura Danker: A classmate of Margaret's who is tall and very developed for her age . </Li> <Li> Phillip Leroy: A classmate of Margaret's whom she initially likes . </Li> <Li> Mary and Paul Hutchins: Barbara's estranged parents, who all but disowned her for marrying outside her religion . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Margaret Simon: The protagonist of the book . She is 12 years old and an only child . She is starting puberty and beginning to notice boys, and she is uncertain of which religion she prefers to follow . </Li> <Li> Barbara Simon (Hutchins): Margaret's stay - at - home mother, who is Christian . </Li>

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