Anastasia and her chaotic family the krupniks want to get organized So they decide to make an organized schedule that is non sexiest and isn’t to much for mom to handle. Every thing is working out until her mom has to go to California for her job. It’s just her little brother, her dad, and her in the household. She is the girl of the household and has to complete the chores, do her homework, and stay on top of her best friend’s drama. Her mom won’t be home for a couple of weeks and her dad is struggling on all the things her mom is suppose to do. Anastasia is trying to take care of her brother and do everything, so she can help her dad out. In the end she manages to juggle everything and when her mom gets home she’s so proud of Anastasia.

 Anastasia on her own was a very good book. It was interesting and made me think of what I would do in that situation. It was an honest book about how teens really do have hard lives. It was a good story about how a normal family handles things.