Thursday, February 9, 2012

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

Garden, Nancy (1982). Annie on My Mind. United States: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.


Liza and Annie have just met, yet they know there is already something special about their relationship.


ALA “Best of the Best Books for Young Adults”

School Library Journal - 100 most influential books of the 20th century

1982 Booklist Reviewer’s Choice

1982 ALA Best Books

Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement


Annie on My Mind. That is what Liza thinks of during her trustees’ hearing, but she is still confused by what she feels. Liza is a normal 17 year old girl living in Brooklyn Heights going to Foster Academy. She is Student Council president and excels in school, always receiving high marks. However, during her Senior year, things start to go downhill. First with a rule violation, then the problem (as seen by Mrs. Poindexter, headmistress) that she has “Annie on My Mind.”

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