內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介:A long,boring summer——that's what Anastasia has to look forward to when her best friend goes off to camp.She's thrilled when old Mrs.Bellingham answers her ad for a job as a Lady's Companion.Anastasia is sure her troubles are over——she'll be busy and earn money!
But she doesn't expect to have to polish silver and serve at Mrs.Bellingham's granddaughter's birthday party as a maid! As if that isn't bad enough,she accidentally drops a piece of silverware down the garbage disposal and must use her earnings to pay for it! Is the summer destined to be a disaster?
作者簡(jiǎn)介:Lois Lowry was born in 1937 in Honolulu,Hawaii,the daughter of an army officer.She went to school in Japan,university in the US and currently lives in Boston.While working as a freelance journalist in the 1970’s,Lois Lowry published a short story which was based on her own childhood and a children’s book editor contacted her to suggest she write for children.She followed this advice and has been writing for children,very successfully,for years!