Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Annie on My Mind

Garden, N. (1982). Annie on my mind. NY: FSG
Liza Winthrop and Annie Kenyon meet at the museum and quickly become friends.  Their relationship deepens turns into more than friendship.  Despite their worries of disappointing or hurting their families, they continue onward with their relationship going into territory that neither girl has had any experience with.  While her teachers are on vacation, Liza takes care of their cats.  Having the place alone she invites Annie over.  The two girls are caught together and the teachers lose their jobs. In the end, Liza realizes that Annie is more important to her.  
This was a hard book for me to read. It took me several days to read this book. This book is intended for grades 10- 12.   People that like this book might enjoy Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters and Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth. Books like this one can give young girls the courage to except how they feel.  Liza is at war with how she feels and what she thinks she should feel.  

Image of Annie on my mind.(n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2016, from http://www.amazon.com/ 

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