Anastasia Krupnik, as outspoken and captivating as ever, discovers that when you distort the truth, things don't always go as intended. Anastasia Krupnik responds to a personal ad she reads in a magazine, unfazed by the decision of her friends to stop dating boys. Anastasia finds herself in a difficult situation when the special "he" decides he wants to meet her?especially given that her letters might have slightly strained the truth. AGES: 10 - 12 AUTHOR: The popular Anastasia Krupnik series is one of more than thirty books for young adults written by Lois Lowry. She has won numerous awards, including the Mark Twain Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.?