The Story: In The Graduation thirteen year old Annie O'Brien is forced to attend a private school to hone her skills at being a woman. Annie sees this as an unfair act on the part of her parents. At the academy she learns other students have been abandoned by their families. Staunch heartedly, Annie fights against the disciplinary actions of the nuns as she seeks revenge. Torn between her friends at home and the academy's values, she becomes involved with an undesirable who changes the course of her life. Left on her own she must make lifelong decisions at a very young age. The reader will empathize with the heroine as she fights a double standard, then falls in love only to be broadsided by disaster. Although the time period falls in the 1950's, this story captures the same challenges that a teen faces today with relationships, abandonment, and abuse. This book is available with a Study Guide which gives the parent and the teenager an opportunity to consider other effective options that would not widen the generation gap. The drama stands on its own as a gripping story without the Study Guide. Other works by Carolee include: Goodie RudeShoes: Series One. Billy BitterBetter: Series Two. Granny NeatFreak, The Mouse House, That Secret Part of Me, From Silly to Sinister: Adult Short Stories, Books One and Two, Navigating the Potholes of Life, A Reason to Dream, The Graduation: May be purchased with or without a Study Guide. The Study Guide may be purchased alone.With God in Mind. Thank you for your interest in her work.
| Author: Carolee O'Neill |
| Publisher: Carolee Collectables, The |
| Publication Date: Mar 11, 2018 |
| Number of Pages: 262 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1947573101 |
| ISBN-13: 9781947573109 |
