Anastasia Again!

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: April 24, 2015

Review

Anastasia is twelve and has always lived with her family, Mom, Dad and little brother Sam, in an apartment in Cambridge. Now, suddenly, she is told that they are moving to the suburbs. She is absolutely horrified at this prospect and declares that she will be jumping out of the window as soon as she finishes her chocolate pudding. They live on the first floor so this is hardly worrisome, but this sets the tone for the rest of the story which is extremely amusing, heartwarming, and just down right entertaining. Of course, when they find a house with a tower with a special staircase leading to it and this becomes Anastasia's room, and new friends are made she realizes that things could be worse. Her parents are outstanding and her little brother is 'weird' and the family is altogether refreshing and enviable. This book in the series will be particularly apropos for a young person of about that age having to deal with moving away from the home they know, their worries about making friends and the like. The author manages to get inside the brain of this prepubescent girl masterfully and young readers will be glad that there are many more in this series.

Overall Book Score: very good