Summary:
Written in 1982, this wonderful novel details the friendship and relationship between Liza Winthrop and Annie Kenyon. Liza goes to a private school in Brooklyn, and Annie goes to a shabby public school, yet when the two meet in the Met, they become friends. Their feelings move beyond friendship, and when their relationship is discovered by Liza's school, it has consequences. Annie on My Mind is a classic book in young adult literature, and it is engaging, well written, and poignant.
Controversy:
The book holds the #48 spot on the list of books most frequently challenged from 1990 to 2000. Copies of the book were burned by high schools in Kansas City in 1993. When the superintendent tried to remove the book from the library, a court case ensued, resulting in the verdict that a school cannot remove a book from library shelves unless it has been deemed "educationally unsuitable." It was added in that statement that Annie on My Mind was not educationally unsuitable.
Awards:
Nancy Garden was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards for Lifetime Achievement in 2003 for Annie on My Mind. The book itself has received glowing reviews from literary magazines, journals, and book reviewers.
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