Lark in the Morning by Nancy Garden. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1991.   Gillian wants to spend this last summer before college quietly thinking about her life, love, and school. But when she meets two runaways, she starts to think outside herself.

Ages 16-18

Genre: Realistic Fiction - this story has a realistic setting and characters

Appealing aspects of this book – teen girls; peer relationships; same-sex relationships; child abuse; suicide; runaways

Uses for this book in schools – award books; family conflicts across genres; multiculutral fiction; challenged books

Other books by this author:
Annie on My Mind
Meeting Melanie
Holly's Secret
The Year They Burned the Books
Dove and Sword: A novel of Joan of Arc

To learn more about Nancy Garden visit her website athttp://members.aol.com/nancygarden/

Recommendations:
Margaret A. Edwards Award, 2003