Most Popular Books by Nancy Garden

Lambda Literary Award winner Good Moon Rising is about two young women who fall in love while rehearsing a school play, realize they're gay, and resist a homophobic campaign against them. Good Moon Rising, both a New York Public Library Book for the Teenage and a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, "takes us into the dynamics of homophobia" (Horn Book). "Garden, who gave us one of the first honest, sensitive portrayals of two young women in love in the brilliant Anne On My Mind, Farrar, 1982, offers us another thought-provoking story of homosexual love."-Voya

From the author of Annie on My Mind comes an unflinching novel about prejudice, censorship, and homophobia in a New England town. As the editor in chief of the Wilson High Telegraph, senior Jamie Crawford is supposed to weigh in on the cutting-edge issues that will interest students in her school. But when she writes an opinion piece in support of the new health curriculum—which includes safe-sex education and making condoms available to students—she has no idea how much of a controversy she's stepped into. A conservative school board member has started a war against the new curriculum, and now—thanks to Jamie's editorial—against the newspaper as well. As Jamie deals with the fallout and comes to terms with her own sexuality, the school and town become a battleground for clashing opinions. Now, Jamie and the students at Wilson need to find another way to express their beliefs before prejudice, homophobia, and violence define their small town.

A young girl follows Joan of Arc into battle in this gripping historical novel. Having grown up in the quiet French village of Domremy, eleven-year-old Gabrielle can't resist the promise of experiencing something new. So when her friend Jeannette d'Arc claims to have been chosen by God to restore the French king to the throne and end the war that has raged too long, Gabrielle joins her on her crusade. Disguised as a boy, young Gabrielle uses her skills as a healer to help those fighting for the cause. At first, she expects to find glorious adventure, but experiencing the horrors of war, she must come to terms with the true cost of courage in the face of the unthinkable. This "gripping, gritty tale" is a unique perspective on the heroine of the Hundred Years' War who was later canonized as a Roman Catholic saint ( Kirkus Reviews).

On the long drive to her family's summer cottage Liz Hardy was dreading the cobwebs, dust, and memories that surely awaited her after five uninhabited years. She knew there was no reason to put it off any longer now that both of her parents were gone. It was time to sell the rustic old place and nothing would ever be the same for her again. Nora Tillot gazed out the window at her thriving garden and then across the kitchen to her failing parents. Today. Yesterday. Tomorrow. All the same she thought. But looking at her mother, Nora smiled radiantly, took a deep breath, squared her shoulders, and went to help her father with his lunch. One Journey . . . When her rental car has a flat tire Liz reluctantly stops at the old Tillot farm to borrow a jack. Walking out to the barn together the two women unknowingly take the first steps on a path that will change both of their lives forever. But when their tender friendship turns passionate, Nora and Liz’ s happiness is shattered by accusations and rumors. Trying desperately to rise above the tumult, they silently wonder if their love can survive . . .

When her father announces plans for a housing development in the woods considered sacred by the mysterious hermit, the village is attacked by seemingly supernatural wild dogs; and Melissa realizes that she must find and pacify the hermit, even if it means traveling to the Otherworld. Sequel to "Watersmeet".

Holly worries that the kids in town will discover that she has two mothers who are gay and so puts her plan into effect that will keep this information private.

A beautiful Maine summer turns deadly for Sarah, Tim, and Jenny Hoskins and their neighbors as they discover the horrifying truth about the strange new owners of Spool Island.

Examines the history and legends of the "undead" creatures who have reportedly roamed the earth since ancient times, sucking the blood of the living.

Brian and his visiting monster hunting friends are convinced that something supernatural is on the prowl.

While writing a term paper on vampires, twelve-year-old Alexander finds himself falling under the spell of Dracula and his family of vampires who are operating a funeral parlor in Massachusetts.

Brian's trip to his grandparents' farm keeps him from the neighborhood film festival featuring his favorite sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. But Brian soon discovers a mystery of his own on the farm, and with his new friends, Numbles and Darcy, he sets out find out why Grandpop's cattle are dying mysteriously.

Strange occurrences at the exclusive Fox Ridge School for Girls at which she is a student lead Darcy to believe that someone is out to get Ro, Darcy's painfully shy roommate.

Seventeen-year-old Gillian, finding that the thieves who broke into her family's vacation house are two young runaways terrified of being sent back to their abusive parents, decides to help them hide out from the authorities.

Shortly after her mother's death, 13-year-old Melissa goes to live with her grandmother in a small New Hampshire town which is experiencing an odd unending winter.

What makes a family? The members of Ms. Marston's kindergarten class are cleaning and decorating their room for the upcoming Open School Night. Molly and Tommy work on drawing pictures to put on the walls. Molly draws her family: Mommy, Mama Lu, and her puppy, Sam. But when Tommy looks at her picture, he tells her it's not of a family. "You can't have a mommy and a mama," he says. Molly doesn't know what to think; no one else in her class has two mothers. She isn't sure she wants her picture to be on the wall for Open School Night. Molly's dilemma, sensitively explored in words and art, shows readers that even if a family is different from others, it can still be happy, loving, and real.

Cuando Liza conoce a Annie en un museo de Nueva York, no sabe qué pensar de esa chica tan extraña a la que le gusta cantar, las leyendas artúricas y las plantas... pero sabe que se siente muy cerca de ella. La amistad entre Liza y Annie pronto se convertirá en algo muy, muy especial, pero también extraordinariamente complicado. El libro Annie en mis pensamientos ( Annie On My Mind), de Nancy Garden, es un clásico en la ficción juvenil lésbica. Narra la historia de amor de dos chicas muy diferentes, Annie y Liza, con la ciudad de Nueva York de fondo. KAKAO BOOKS lo edita por primera vez en castellano desde su publicación en 1982. Premios: Booklist Reviewer's Choice (1982) American Library Association (ALA) Best Books (1982) ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults (1970-83) "Ninguna obra ha hecho tanto por la ficción juvenil LGBT como este clásico sobre dos chicas adolescentes que se enamoran." School Library Journal "La literatura adolescente lleva esperando este libro mucho tiempo." VOYA

Summer on her Maine island is enlivened for eleven-year-old Allie when she befriends Melanie, a new girl with hidden talents and a family secret that her mother is trying to hide.

Um dos maiores clássicos da literatura LGBTQIAP+ mundial e um marco histórico para o público, Annie em minha mente conta a história de duas adolescentes cuja amizade floresce até se tornar amor. Desde o momento em que Liza Winthrop conhece Annie Kenyon, no Metropolitan Museum of Art, em Nova York, ela sabe que existe algo especial entre elas. Mas Liza nunca imaginou que se apaixonar poderia ser tão maravilhoso… e confuso. Annie e Liza, apesar das pressões sociais exercidas por sua família e colegas da escola, que ameaçam seu relacionamento, prometem ser honestas uma com a outra e com os próprios sentimentos. Esta edição inédita no Brasil inclui uma entrevista exclusiva, na qual a autora responde a perguntas reveladoras, como o porquê de ter escrito o romance, como foi a descoberta da própria sexualidade, sua opinião sobre a censura sofrida pelo livro e o impacto de seu romance sobre os leitores – tanto na época do lançamento como também nas décadas subsequentes. “Não condenem a si mesmos por causa das reações de pessoas ignorantes àquilo que todos nós somos. Não permitam que a ignorância vença. Deixem que o amor vença.” — Nancy Garden Curiosidades sobre Annie em minha mente – a descoberta do amor • Durante os primeiros anos após seu lançamento, o livro foi alvo de diversos boicotes homofóbicos. Em 1993, durante um protesto contra sua aquisição para alunos do ensino médio, alguns pais queimaram publicamente exemplares do livro. Depois do ocorrido, Nancy Garden se tornou ativista pelos direitos dos jovens à liberdade intelectual enquanto leitores. Sua atuação nesse sentido foi premiada, em 2000, pelo Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award. • Annie em minha mente – a descoberta do amor é considerado o primeiro romance LGBTQIAP+ que não tratou seus personagens como vítimas. Até sua publicação, personagens não heterossexuais eram frequentemente punidos com mortes trágicas, abandono ou mesmo “abdicando” de sua orientação sexual. Com isso, o público jovem LGBT não encontrava modelos “felizes” em que se basear durante sua formação leitora. • Desde sua publicação, em 1982, Annie em minha mente – a descoberta do amor nunca ficou fora de catálogo nos Estados Unidos, sendo considerado um clássico da literatura YA e um marco na literatura LGBTQIAP+.