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Children and adults alike will delight in this heart-warming tale of a precocious girl who discovers, to her dismay, that her parents are about to have a baby. Anastasia's hilarious lists of her likes and dislikes - sprinkled throughout the story - offer a lighthearted counterpoint to poignant moments that reveal the worries and fears of a fourth grader.

To Anastasia Krupnik, being ten is very confusing. For one thing, she has this awful teacher who can't understand why Anastasia doesn't capitalize or punctuate her poems. Then, there's Washburn Cummings, a very interesting sixth-grade boy who doesn't even know she is alive. Even her parents have become difficult. They insist she visit her 92-year-old grandmother who can never remember Anastasia's name. On top of that, they're going to have a baby -- at their age! It's enough to make a kid want to do something terrible. Anastasia knows that if she didn't have her secret green notebook to write in, she would never make it to her eleventh birthday.

To Anastasia Krupnik, being 10 is very confusing. For one thing, she has this awful teacher who can't understand why Anastasia doesn't capitalize or punctuate her poems. Then there's Washburn Cummings, a VERY interesting sixth-grade boy who doesn't even know she's alive. Even her parents have become difficult. Anastasia knows that if she didn't have her secret green notebook to write in, she would never make it to her 11th birthday.

The first book in Lois Lowry's well-loved, hilarious series about family, school, and growing up. To Anastasia Krupnik, being 10 is very confusing. For one thing, she has an awful teacher. Then, her parents announce they're going to have a baby--at their age. Anastasia knows that if she didn't have her secret notebook to write in, she would never make it to her 11th birthday.