Anastasia Off Her Rocker - Paperback

by Lois Lowry (Author)

Anastasia's seventh-grade science project becomes almost more than she can handle, but brother Sam, age three, and a bust of Freud nobly aid her.

Being thirteen is tough, especially when your brilliant science project--mating two gerbils--spirals into a full-blown rodent crisis.

• Funny Girl Protagonist: Meet Anastasia Krupnik, a seventh-grader who decides the only one who truly understands her is a plaster bust of Sigmund Freud she bought at a garage sale.
• Sibling Story: Her three-year-old brother, Sam, is a genius who can read, type, and accidentally reveal all of Anastasia's most embarrassing secrets.
• Chaotic Science Project: What starts as two gerbils named Romeo and Juliet quickly becomes eleven (and counting!), turning Anastasia's bedroom into a top-secret, smelly wildlife sanctuary.
• Relatable Family Life: Navigate the hilarious horrors of being a teenager with a quirky, artistic mom and a poet dad who are experts at being embarrassing.

Author Biography

Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for young adults. She has received countless honors, among them the Newbery Medal for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Ms. Lowry divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a 1769 farmhouse in Maine. Visit her website at www.loislowry.com.