Annie On My Mind

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Liza is a girl who has a hard time making friends. One day while at the museum she meets a girl who is not like any other she has met. After meeting the girls begin hanging out all the time, they become best friends. The two girls become inseparable, they go everywhere together. The problem arrises when the girls realize that they are beginning to feel more than just friendship for each other. Liza does not quite know how to handle her feelings and Annie is trying to gently push her towards a relationship that is more than what they have. When Liza and Annie begin having the relationship that is more than friendship they go too far. While housesitting for a couple of Liza's teachers they get caught together and the teachers get in trouble, as do they. At the end of the story, after Annie is trying and trying to get in touch with Liza, the reader sees Liza decide to finally get back in contact with her.

Even though this is an older book it is applicable for teens at the high school age. This book will bring up great discussion about sensitive topics, in an appropriate way. This book is not one that goes into too much detail in the private areas, but discusses the important topics. Realistic fiction books like this one can be very helpful for students who are going through many different situations, where a girl is figuring out how to deal with realizing that she is a lesbian.

Citation

Garden, N. (1982). Annie on my mind. Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd.