I love the exasperation on her face, the pencil between her teeth, and the general chaos of her room. Nevertheless, we’ll give this one the nostalgia points. I have read these books so many times, over so many year and own so many copies that I don’t actually remember which of these I owned first. She calls him Siggy.) But the point is that the adults in this book aren’t foils for the kids, or endless sources of wisdom, they’re characters in their own right, and allowed to have rich, fulfilling relationships with this kick-ass smarty pants girl. Anastasia worries about things like oily hair and embarrassing mothers and talks to a plaster bust of Sigmund Freud (in another book. They worry about money, and are realisitic about their jobs as English professor and children’s book illustrator. They crack jokes at each other that are actually funny. We all need these books, and here’s why: Anastasia and her parents are smart. So, I have this very real fear that the Anastasia books were somehow lost after my generation. Anastasia Krupnik (Anastasia Book 1) Lois Lowry
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