num_pages: 234
description: This groundbreaking book is the story of 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. The book has been banned from many school libraries and publicly burned in Kansas City. Of the author and the book, the Margaret A. Edwards Award committee said, “Using a fluid, readable style, Garden opens a window through which readers can find courage to be true to themselves.”
language: English
title: Annie on My Mind
titlecomplete: Annie on My Mind
characters: Mrs. Poindexter, Liza Winthrop, Chad Winthrop, Annie Kenyon, Ms. Stevenson, Ms. Baxter, Sally Jarrell, Ms. Widmer, Jennifer Piccolo
genres: Fiction, Gay, Classics, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Queer, Lesbian, Romance, LGBT
ratings_count: 50658
places: New York (State)
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)