- Zooman Sam
Zooman Sam (1999) is a
young adult novel byLois Lowry . It is part of a series that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger bother Sam.Plot summary
It's Future Job Day at Sam's nursery school, and Sam, who has zookeeping aspirations, is thrilled when his teacher says he can tell the other children about a series of zoo animals: "For six weeks he could stand in front of the circle and feel that feeling of being the most interesting person in the room."
As always, the patient and loving Krupnik family stands by as Anastasia's irrepressible little brother struggles with a set of almost impossible goals. Readers of all ages will cheer for Sam as the embroidery thread that spells ZOOMAN SAM over his heart unravels and quite surprisingly transforms him into something more wonderful that even he could have imagined.
Lowry's reason for writing the novel
"Sam was born when Anastasia was ten, and for a long time he existed only in the books about her. But kids liked him. Maybe he reminded them of their own little brothers. So at the request of young readers, I gave Sam his own series."
*From her websiteReview
"In this fourth book about Anastasia's spunky little brother, Sam Krupnik really comes into his own....Lowry gets everything about Sam just right."
*Booklist. Boxed ReviewExternal links
* [http://www.loislowry.com/zooman.html] Description of the book from Lowry's website.
* [http://www.loislowry.com/ Lowry's website]
* [http://www.loislowry.com/books.html Complete list of books] by Lowry
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