Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Annie On My Mind

Garden, N. (1982). Annie on my mind. NY:  FSG.  Annie and Liza quickly become friends after meeting at a museum.  Liza goes to a private school. She wants to go to MIT to become an architect.  Liza goes to public school, plans on going to Berkeley, and is a wonderful singer.  Their friendship grows into love and Liza for the first time is thinking that she might be gay. While house-sitting for two teachers, Liza and Annie are caught in a compromising situation.  This puts Liza's future and the future of her favorite teachers in jeopardy because of the narrow mindedness of the leaders at her school.  I found myself wanting Liza and Annie to tell their parents the truth about their sexual orientation.  This is a good story about first love. Young adults may read autobiographically and it may help them navigate issues they face. 

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