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.