A review by foggy_rosamund
Anastasia again! by Lois Lowry

4.0

I don't know how many times I've read this book -- my copy is falling to pieces. I think I prefer this book even to the first one -- Anastasia makes me laugh so much. It's a story about family life: 12-year-old Anastasia doesn't want to leave her flat in the city to move into the suburbs, but her new home surprises her. It's a very charming book which avoids being twee by creating Anastasia who is angry and frequently unlikable though always relateable, Sam the clever and badly behaved baby brother, and a cast of well-meaning and well-fleshed out adults. This is an idyllic family life -- but it's also hilarious, and believable.