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Anastasia At This Address (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

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Anastasia, like some people, like reading the "Personals" section. Anastasia thinks she will never find the person she has been dreaming of unless she reads this section. And luck - a Single White Male is looking for some tall woman who loves Caribbean evenings and reruns of Casablanca - although she has never been to the Caribbean - she is tall, and loves Casablanca. She writes letters to this person often until he wants to meet her. She feels as if she will humiliate herself, and when she goes to her friend's sister's wedding, she gets a surprise of her life.

Although I read and loved the "Anastasia Krupnik" books while growing up, I have to say that I wouldn't recommend this one...

Essentially, 13-year-old Anastasia spots a personals section at the back of a magazine, and decides to write to a 28-year-old man. She takes care not to outright lie, although she certainly omits and stretches many things about herself...most importantly, that she is an eighth-grader.

The two correspond for some time, until Anastasia's new friend tells her he will be coming to Boston for a family wedding and wants to meet her. Since he has her address, Anastasis is in a blind panic, desperate to get rid of him but not knowing how.

Because this book is part of the "Anastasia" series, the situation manages to resolve itself without much damage. However, that isn't exactly a realistic message to convey to today's adolescents, especially given all the already-existing problems with misrepresentation on MySpace and other internet sites. Things may have been a bit different twenty years ago, when this series first came out; but today, Lowry could do better to teach girls that it is NEVER okay to misrepresent themselves to strangers, especially ones older than themselves. Not everyone in such a situation - having hinted at wanting a romance and giving out her real address - will be so lucky.

This is one of my favorite books that i have read. A lot of people would like this book if they are girls. Anastasia is trying to have a fabolous summer and trying to find a boyfriend. Anastasia goes to a wedding and later finds out that the penpal or boyfriend she is writing to turns out at the wedding and he is driving her nuts. Find out what is ging to happen in the reat of the book. READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I liked this book, it was very funny and interesting, but one thing. Anastasia is too naive and Sam is too smart! I'm an eleven year old and I know. In this book, Anastasia acts exactly the same as she did when she was ten in her first book. She also seems to still have the same intelligence, too. I am much smarter than her, and so is the dumbest kid in my class. Also, Sam is too smart! He is two or three in that book, and he has a complete vocabulary. Though there are many three year olds who can talk just as well, if Anastasia is very dumb and Sam is very smart, it just doesn't work out. But aside from that, this is a great book!

Lois Lowry has written many great novels including Anastasia at This Address. The main character is Anastasia; she is a spunky, city girl, from Boston, Massachusetts. Anastasia is 13 and wants a boyfriend. Anastasia does something very unusual to accomplish her goal.
This book is a must read book! The novel deals with relationships, because Anastasia wants a relationship with someone who is 13 years older than her. When Anastasia is waiting for a letter from her pen pal the anticipation is greatly increased. Some novels have great expectations as does this one, I expected it would deal with growing up and it did. As you can see this book is a must read.
Lois Lowry is a Must read Author that can change the way you look at things. She was born on March 20, 1937 in Hawaii. Lois has published over 20 novels, and winner of the Newbery Medal twice. Her books bring readers into many thought-provoking situations. Lois Lowry is a woman to be admired by all people.

This is a wonderful book. It is one of the very best in the Anastasia series. It is absolutely hilarious and really draws you in. It is such a page-turner. One thing that is great about it is a total twist of plot near the end which is a total surprise that made me laugh even more. Though I wouldn't advise lying in reply to a personal ad, it was all done in naivete and it actually teaches a moral. Find out what a rut Anastasia gets into for lies on top of lies. She really learns the consequence of her actions. A great read.

I loved this book! It was my favorite of all the Anastasia books! When I guessed the ending 3/4 of the way through, I was delighted to find out I was right. Anastasia is such a naive, flighty character that she's a joy to read about...and often reminds me of myself. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good laugh.

A seventh grade 13-year-old sees an ad in a magazine and twists the truth and identifies herself as SWM. She gets an answer and finds out it is her best friends uncle!

I have now read eight Anastasia books in a row. Maybe I'm getting tired of them. Maybe this is because, at 29, I'm not really the intended audience. Maybe the quality of the writing is actually decreasing. Possibly the author is just running out of funny things to have Anastasia do, so the situations are getting more ridiculous. I don't know.
In this volume, Anastasia decides to answer a personal ad in The New York Review of Books. Obviously, the person who placed the ad is much older than Anastasia, but he writes back to her anyway. I find it hard to believe that this individual would not realize from the quality of her writing that she is a teenager, but if that were the case, there wouldn't be much to have a book about, either. Also, Anastasia gets to be a junior bridesmaid in her friend's sister's wedding. I also find it hard to believe that sister did not have any other friends, so she has to stoop to having her 7th grade sister's friends be her bridesmaids. I find Anastasia's parents and younger brother far more compelling characters than Anastasia herself.

A girl named Anastasia, who finds a ad in the magizine about aSWF(single white female) and write a letter to a single white male andfinds one. She write letters to him. After about 3 letters sent to himshe finally gets a letter on the computer. I think you will like this book because it will keep you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens! END