Anastasia Has the Answers

<p>It's bad enough to be humiliated Anastasia Krupnik realizes. But to be humiliated in front of an audience--and in front of the world's most glamorous gym teacher--and while wearing a royal blue gym suit? That's the pits.</p><p>Now that she's decided to become a journalist life's questions ought to be pretyy easy to answer Anastasia thinks. A journalist after all simply responds to the who what when where and why of every situation. But why are Daphne Bellingham's parents getting a divorce? Is it Daphne's fault? And why--WHY--is Anastasia the most physically uncoordinated person iever to set foot in a gymnasium? Once again Lois Lowry's wonderful and irrepressible Anastasia has the answers.</p><p><br></p><p>But can her reporter's notebook handle the big questions of seventh grade?</p><p><br></p><ul><li><b>School Drama: </b> The only thing standing between Anastasia and gym class glory is a ridiculously tall rope--and the fact that she's totally uncoordinated.</li><li><b>A First Crush: </b> Navigating her admiration for the world's most glamorous gym teacher Ms. Wilhelmina Willoughby is more complicated than any gymnastics routine.</li><li><b>Friendship and Family Life: </b> When her best friend Daphne's parents get divorced Anastasia uses her best journalistic skills to find answers that aren't in any newspaper.</li><li><b>A Relatable Protagonist: </b> Follow the hilarious and heartfelt observations of a thirteen-year-old girl trying to figure out life one embarrassing moment at a time.</li></ul>