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.

To Anastasia, being ten is very confusing. She has an awful teacher who doesn't like her non-rhyming poetry. Washburn Cummings, a very interesting boy, doesn't even know she's alive. And her parents insist that she visit her grandmother, who can't ev

Welcome to Anastasia's world in the first book of the Anastasia series To Anastasia, being ten is very confusing. She has an awful teacher who doesn t like her non-rhyming poetry. Washburn Cummings, a "very" interesting boy, doesn't even know she's alive. And her parents insist that she visit her grandmother, who can t even remember Anastasia's name. On top of that, they're going to have a baby at their age To get back at them, she just might have to do something terrible. "

Anastasia finds herself in another hilarious and embarrassing mess when she accidentally puts her dog's droppings into a mailbox.

Twelve-year-old Anastasia Krupnik is convinced that her family's move to the suburbs will be the beginning of the end. How can she possibly accept split-level houses with matching furniture, or mothers whose biggest worry is ring around collar? But her new home brings many surprises, notto mention a cute boy who lives down the street. Is it possible that surburbia has more to offer than Anastasia had expected?

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.