Garden, Nancy. Annie on My Mind. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. ISBN -0374400113. $8.00 PBK. Awards: ALA Best Book for Young Adults (1982) YALSA Margaret A. Edwards Award (2003) Booklist Reviewer’s Choice (1982) Annotation: Annie on My Mind, is a story with the same predicament just discussed. Annie's the daughter of blue-collar workers in lower-class New York City, while her best friend Liza is the daughter of upper-class wealthy residents. A kiss surprises both girls for their true feelings until they are discovered by disapproving parents. As the tension of the situation once caught is too much to handle for Liza. After graduating from different high schools they attend colleges on separate sides of the country, and it is only then that Liza allows herself to truly think through her feelings for Annie who is a self-proclaimed lesbian. Can the two work things out or will it be too late? Booktalk: You're 17. You're in love with your best friend and they are in love with you. Neither of you wants anyone else, it seems you should find nothing but support from those around you. But you're best friend is a girl just like you, and not everyone is savvy with it. What lengths will you have to go to be with the one you love and who loves you in return? |
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