Annie on my mind

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

Liza Winthrop and Annie Kenyon meet at a museum and become close friends instantly. Both of them come from completely different backgrounds but that didn't keep them apart. The girls begin spending so much time together they eventually fall in love. This causes problems for the girls and almost gets Liza kicked out of school. Eventually, the girls go off to college but still keep in touch with each other.

This book is intended for an audience of readers ages 14 and up. The characters present in Garden's realistic fiction allow the reader to feel the emotional connection between Liza and Annie. Same sex orientation is presented for the reader while we learn about the love felt by the characters even after being away at college.