Annie on My Mind

Genre: Realistic Fiction, GLBTQ

Garden, Nancy. Annie on My Mind. New York : Farrar Straus Girous, 2007.


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Liza is the student council president in her senior year at Foster Academy. She has always followed the rules and met everyone’s expectations. When she falls for Annie, she doesn’t know what the rules are anymore.

High School is a time of change for everyone. What happens when the changes you are feeling are different than your school friends? Who can you turn to? Since Liza wants to be an architect she likes to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Trying to find a quiet place away from the crowds she meets Annie singing on the 3^rd floor. Annie goes to a different school and is singing to practice for a recital. When challenges come up at school, Liza turns to Annie for support. As their friendship grows, everything begins to change. She doesn’t understand how she feels anymore, but she always has Annie on her mind.

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