Anastasia Off Her Rocker

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.

Being thirteen is tough, especially when your brilliant science project—mating two gerbils—spirals into a full-blown rodent crisis.

• Funny Girl Protagonist: Meet Anastasia Krupnik, a seventh-grader who decides the only one who truly understands her is a plaster bust of Sigmund Freud she bought at a garage sale.
• Sibling Story: Her three-year-old brother, Sam, is a genius who can read, type, and accidentally reveal all of Anastasia’s most embarrassing secrets.
• Chaotic Science Project: What starts as two gerbils named Romeo and Juliet quickly becomes eleven (and counting!), turning Anastasia’s bedroom into a top-secret, smelly wildlife sanctuary.
• Relatable Family Life: Navigate the hilarious horrors of being a teenager with a quirky, artistic mom and a poet dad who are experts at being embarrassing.

"Humorous situations and dialogue to match seem to roll effortlessly from Lowry's pen, and her characters are consistently real and believable." Booklist, ALA