Annie On My Mind

Garden, N. (1982). Annie on my mind. NY: FSG.  The story is about high school senior Liza, who falls in deeply love with Annie, whose school is as rough as Liza's is sheltered. Not only does Liza have to come to terms with her own feelings, but she also has to deal with the reactions of her parents and her school's administration.  This book was published in 1982 and it was initially well received, but in 1993 it was burned in Kansas City and removed from school libraries in several districts.  It was part of a First Amendment lawsuit when a group of teenagers fought to have the book put back into the library.  Havighurst’s adolescents have to adapt to their physical bodies and must define their appropriate sex roles.  Because the Liza and Annie are exploring the development of sex roles.