Philip Leroy Character Analysis in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Philip is the cutest boy in Margaret’s sixth grade class. All four of the PTS’s say they have a crush on him (but Margaret only says she has a crush on him to please Nancy, and she wonders if Janie and Gretchen are doing the same). As the year goes on, Margaret gradually learns that Philip isn’t such a great guy. Like many of the other boys in class, he steps on the girls’ feet when they learn to square dance. Though Margaret is thrilled that Philip is the first boy ever to kiss her, she later decides that he’s awful—when they end up working together on a group project, Philip doesn’t do any work.

Philip Leroy Quotes in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

The Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. quotes below are all either spoken by Philip Leroy or refer to Philip Leroy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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Also, we just about gave up on our Boy Books. For one thing the names never changed. Nancy managed to shift hers around. It was easy for her—with eighteen boys. But Janie and Gretchen and I always listed Philip Leroy number one. There was no suspense about the whole thing. And I wondered, did they list Philip Leroy because they really liked him or were they doing what I did—making him number one because he was so good-looking. Maybe they were ashamed to write who they really liked too.

Related Characters: Margaret Simon (speaker), Nancy Wheeler, Gretchen Potter, Janie Loomis, Philip Leroy, Moose Freed

Page Number and Citation: 78

Explanation and Analysis:

Philip Leroy Quotes in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

The Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. quotes below are all either spoken by Philip Leroy or refer to Philip Leroy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

).

Also, we just about gave up on our Boy Books. For one thing the names never changed. Nancy managed to shift hers around. It was easy for her—with eighteen boys. But Janie and Gretchen and I always listed Philip Leroy number one. There was no suspense about the whole thing. And I wondered, did they list Philip Leroy because they really liked him or were they doing what I did—making him number one because he was so good-looking. Maybe they were ashamed to write who they really liked too.

Related Characters: Margaret Simon (speaker), Nancy Wheeler, Gretchen Potter, Janie Loomis, Philip Leroy, Moose Freed

Page Number and Citation: 78

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Philip Leroy Character Analysis

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Philip Leroy Quotes in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

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