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'Housekeeping is simple,' Dr. Krupnik said.
'Yeah,' said Anastasia. Any moron could do it. All you need is a
schedule. ' " And with that, Anastasia and her father create
the Krupnik Family Nonsexist Housekeeping Schedule, designed to
organize Anastasia's frazzled mother and help her run the household
smoothly. Even though things don't proceed exactly according to
plan on the first day, due to such unexpected interruptions as the
exploding furnace, Anastasia's faith in her schedule remains unshaken.
But all too soon her theories are put to the test, as Mrs. Krupnik
goes to California for a ten-day consulting job, leaving Anastasia
in charge of running the house. Little by little, the Krupnik Family
Nonsexist Housekeeping Schedule crumbles as Anastasia is faced with
such emergencies as Sam's chicken pox and the surprise visit from
her father's old girlfriend. Things don't really fall apart, though,
until Anastasia starts getting ready for her first date ever, including
a romantic, gourmet dinner complete with candlelight and passionate
purple tablecloth. Now, if only she can find her mother's long gloves,
to cover the purple dye all over her arms ...
Anastasia's hilarious predicaments, as she copes with everything
from baking soda baths to French cuisine, will delight readers of
Lois Lowry's fifth book about the Krupnik family.
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ANASTASIA
KRUPNIK Anastasia's tenth year has some good things,
like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother,
and some bad things, like finding out about an impending baby brother.
ANASTASIA AGAIN! Twelve-year-old
Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision to move from their
city apartment to a house in the suburbs
ANASTASIA AT YOUR SERVICE Chronically
short of cash, twelve-year-old Anastasia looks for a job and finds
more than she bargained for.
ANASTASIA, ASK YOUR ANALYST Anastasia's
seventh-grade science project becomes almost more than she can handle,
but brother Sam, age three, and a bust of Freud nobly aid her.
ANASTASIA HAS THE ANSWERS Anastasia
continues the perilous process of growing up, as her thirteenth
year involves conquering the art of rope climbing, playing Cupid
for a recently widowed uncle, and surviving a crush on her gym teacher.
ANASTASIA'S CHOSEN CAREER In
her seventh adventure, the irrepressible Anastasia decides that
charm school is the answer to her career dilemmas.
ANASTASIA AT THIS ADDRESS Anastasia Krupnik answers
a personal ad, and by stretching the truth, finds herself in quite
a predicament when the special "he" wants to meet her.
ANASTASIA ABSOLUTELY Anastasia
finds herself in another embarrassing mess when she accidentally
puts the bag of her dog's droppings instead of her mother's packages
in the mailbox, and things get worse when the police investigate
the mailbox.
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