Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden

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Liza is a senior at Foster Academy, a private school where she is president of student council. One day she meets Annie, a student at the local public school with a beautiful voice, at a local museum. As the two begin to spend more time together, Liza begins to question her feelings for Annie, as they continue to grow beyond friendship. Annie confesses to Liza that she is gay, and Liza is confronted with her own questions regarding her sexuality and her love for Annie. When Liza is left to pet sit for her lesbian teachers, Liza and Annie play house and are discovered after they make love by a teacher and student that attend Liza's school. Liza faces some serious ramifications by her school board, and her teachers are fired. Liza must now confront her sexuality and her feelings for Annie as they go off to college. Liza eventually decides to keep loving Annie, and the two reconnect. Annie On My Mind is realistic fiction best for grades 7 and up.



Garden, N. (1982). Annie on my mind. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

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