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Garden, Nancy. Annie on My Mind. New York: Square Fish, 2013. Print. ISBN 978-0-374-40011-8; paperback, $8.00
Annotation: The story of Liza and Annie, two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and who, despite pressures from family and school that threaten their relationship, promise to be true to each other and their feelings.
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Book Talk: Liza is conflicted with a war inside her. In her growing relationship with another girl named Annie, she knows that it is wrong and bad and sinful. Another side of her knows that nothing has ever felt so right and natural and true and good. Liza feels that this is all happening too fast, but through her war of thoughts and emotions, all Liza wants is to stop thinking altogether, fling her arms around Annie and hold her forever.
Liza's tug-of-war of feelings and emotions are pulled from all sides throughout her final year of high-school in a New York City private school. Her life is forever altered when her and Annie meet and begin to fall in love. In 1982, when same-sex relationships are viewed with disgust, disbelief, and as a disease, all Liza wants is a place in the world for her and Annie to be together and true to themselves. As their love grows, will their relationship be able to withstand the pressures from their families, school and the world around them? While Liza spends the novel fighting this war inside her, she admits to never a moment without Annie on My Mind.
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