All About Sam

All about Sam (1988) is a children's novel by Lois Lowry. It is part of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia Krupnik and her younger brother Sam.

Plot summary

Sam is a mischievous little boy, but mostly curious. He is very smart, and from the day he was born, Anastasia was jealous.

Reason for writing the novel

On her website Lowry states the reason for writing the novel as:

"Sam was born when Anastasia was ten, and for a long time he existed only in the books about her. But kids liked him. Maybe he reminded them of their own little brothers. So at the request of young readers, I gave Sam his own series."

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