Anastasia Has the Answers

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.

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.

But can her reporter's notebook handle the big questions of seventh grade?

• School Drama: The only thing standing between Anastasia and gym class glory is a ridiculously tall rope--and the fact that she's totally uncoordinated.
• A First Crush: Navigating her admiration for the world's most glamorous gym teacher, Ms. Wilhelmina Willoughby, is more complicated than any gymnastics routine.
• Friendship and Family Life: When her best friend Daphne's parents get divorced, Anastasia uses her best journalistic skills to find answers that aren't in any newspaper.
• A Relatable Protagonist: Follow the hilarious and heartfelt observations of a thirteen-year-old girl trying to figure out life, one embarrassing moment at a time.