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She highlights how each chapter begins with Anastasia's attempt at describing events in a journalistic manner, a feature unique to this book in the series. She further explains: "The language in Lowry's stories about Anastasia is always natural, but ... Answers also benefits from this stylistic variation. The surrounding characters, from baby ...
Anastasia Krupnik (1979) is the first book of a popular series of middle-grade novels by Lois Lowry, depicting the title character's life as a girl "just trying to grow up." Anastasia deals with everyday problems such as popularity, the wart on her thumb or the new arrival of her little brother, Sam.
Lowry first began her career as a freelance journalist. In the 1970s, she submitted a short story to Redbook magazine, which was intended for adult audiences, but was written from a child's perspective. [3] An editor working at Houghton Mifflin who read the Redbook story suggested to Lowry that she should write a children's book. [3]
The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their ...
Anastasia, a junior high school student, takes a class on values which makes her begin to question ethics in the world around her and her own life. She faces a moral dilemma of her own when she accidentally mixes up her dog's waste and some letters she is meant to deliver, and must decide whether or not she should confess. [1]
Feeling in desperate need of psychotherapy, seventh-grader Anastasia buys a plaster bust of Sigmund Freud at a garage sale and consults him as her life takes a series of twists and turns. Freud remains enigmatic and unjudgmental as Anastasia's science project goes hopelessly awry and even her usually unflappable mother, Katherine Krupnik, loses ...
The story is semi-autobiographical, drawing from Lowry's own childhood experiences. The plot centers on Elizabeth's life when her father goes off to fight in the war. She and her younger sister, Jessica, are sent to live with their grandparents in their large house on Autumn Street.
Rabble navigates her way through personal growth, family issues, and the complexities of her relationship with the Bigelows, all while striving to maintain her sense of self. As the story unfolds, Rabble faces difficult decisions and learns valuable life lessons about love, loyalty, and the importance of standing up for oneself.