Anastasia Krupnik

Anastasia Krupnik

"Anastasia Krupnik" (1979) is the first book of a popular series of middle-grade novels by Lois Lowry, depicting the title character's life as a girl "just trying to grow up", a feeling strongly echoed by the 10-13 year old girls the books are aimed at. Anastasia deals with everyday problems such as popularity and the wart on her thumb. The book is written in episodic fashion, each chapter self-contained with minimal narrative link to the others. At the end of each chapter is a list written by Anastasia, listing her likes and dislikes, showing the character's growth and development through the story.

The "Anastasia Krupnik" series is 29th on the American Library Association's "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000" [http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm] , for reasons such as references to beer, "Playboy Magazine", and a casual reference to a character wanting to kill herself. The series was also criticized because one novel of the series featured Anastasia replying to a personal ad and lying about her age and her life to an older man; however, the two never have any romantic experiences and when they meet, the man has no idea Anastasia is the woman he had been writing to. [http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=14886]

Books in the series

*Anastasia Krupnik
*Anastasia Again!
*Anastasia At Your Service
*Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst
*Anastasia on her Own
*Anastasia has the Answers
*Anastasia's Chosen Career
*Anastasia at this Address
*Anastasia Absolutely

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Anastasia has a (much) younger brother named Sam, who later appears in his own series of books.

Books about Sam:
*All about Sam
*Attaboy Sam!
*See You Around, Sam!
*Zooman Sam

External links

*worldcat id|id=lccn-sh97-2902


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