windblowsback

__The Wind Blows Backward__ by Mary Downing Hahn ISBN: 0380775301 c1993 266 pages R.L.-7.8 Points-13

pp. 31-32 (becoming friends again) p. 150 (telling her about the suicide) p. 203
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Lauren and Spencer are in high school when they realize how much they love each other. Back in junior high they were friends, but when Spencer became popular in high school, Lauren was an outsider to him. Now that Spencer is back in her life, the two share their hopes, dreams, feelings and fears. Spencer comes from a well-to-do family where he is expected to be someone he isn’t, whereas Lauren comes from a divorced family and lives with her mother who is never home. The two form a bond that neither Spencer’s parents or Lauren’s mom can understand and it all seems difficult to break until something terrible happens to Spencer the night of graduation.
 * Summary:**

YA fiction--high school, boyfriends/girlfriends, secrets

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS - 2001