Barbara Conklin

One of the early Sweet Dreams books I read and probably the first "sad" book I remember reading. The story is vastly different from most others I read in those years, in that it felt much more real and wasn't all "happily ever after" like the majority of teen books back then (or even now). In that sense, it was probably one of the romance books that impacted me as a young teen - or perhaps I should say pre-teen as I think I read it back in 5th or 6th grade (took it from my older sister's shelf). I remember bits and pieces of the story even now, decades later.… (mehr)