Anastasia's Chosen Career
 First edition | |
| Author | Lois Lowry |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Diane deGroat |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Anastasia Series |
| Genre | Young adult |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 142 |
| ISBN | 978-0-3954-2506-0 |
| OCLC | 16087830 |
| LC Class | PZ7.L9673 Aq 1987 |
| Preceded by | Anastasia Has the Answers |
| Followed by | Anastasia at This Address |
Anastasia's Chosen Career (1987) is a young-adult novel by Lois Lowry. It is the seventh part of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam.
After being assigned a school essay on her chosen career, Anastasia spends her vacation unsuccessfully trying to interview a bookshop owner and attending a modeling class which has a number of similarities to the Barbizon modeling school franchise.
Reception
"Lowry gives readers a fine mixture of wit and wisdom, offering funny adolescent dialogue that is true to their interests and language."—School Library Journal, starred review[1]
References
- ^ Carlson, Dudley B. (September 1987). "Lowry, Lois. Anastasia's Chosen Career". School Library Journal. Vol. 34, no. 1. p. 180.
External links
- [1] Description from Lowry's website.
- Lowry's website
- Complete list of books Archived 2006-10-22 at the Wayback Machine by Lowry
- Anastasia's Chosen Career at Open Library