When she is eleven, Margaret Simon's family moved from New York City to the New Jersey suburbs. Her mother is Christian, and her father is Jewish, but Margaret was raised without an affiliation to either faith. She frequently prays to God, beginning her prayers with, "Are you there God? It's me, Margaret."

Margaret is starting secondary school and feels uneasy about her lack of religious 'commitment', at school she makes friends who discuss the important topics: boys, bras and periods, but the religion subject is one that is always there...