The American Library Association placed “Annie on My Mind” 44th on its list of the 100 most frequently challenged books from 1990 to 1999, ahead of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” and the “Harry Potter” series. “Although the book was ultimately returned to the library shelves after a successful civil lawsuit brought by a group of parents and students, Garden continues to volunteer her time to speak at libraries and conferences in an ongoing demonstration of how to quietly, strongly, and successfully defend intellectual freedom on behalf of young readers.” The award website noted that after the Kansas First Amendment case she “became a high-profile spokesperson on behalf of intellectual freedom.” Downs Intellectual Freedom Awardįrom the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. “Nancy Garden has the distinction of being the first author for young adults to create a lesbian love story with a positive ending,” Rosemary Chance said while chairing a Young Adult Library Services Association committee that gave Ms. Since 2000, her work has been often honored, including for the Kansas censorship battle in the early 1990s when a minister publicly burned “Annie on My Mind” and a school board in Olathe ordered it removed from school library shelves. Best known for her young adult novels, she also wrote short stories, nonfiction, children’s picture storybooks, and a novel for adults.
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