Attaboy Sam!

Attaboy Sam! (1992) is a children's novel by Lois Lowry. It is the second book in a series that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam. The series is:

All About Sam (1988) – a mischievous little boy.
Attaboy Sam! (1992)
See You Around, Sam! (1996) – Sam wants fangs and decides to run away to Alaska to get some.
Zooman Sam (1999) – Sam wants to be a zookeeper and is able to (partially) fulfill this ambition by telling his schoolmates about animals.

Plot summary

Why won't Sam Krupnik allow his mother to enter his bedroom? Why has he started calling his toy box The Lab? And why does he carry a Ziplock bag in his pocket at all times? What's the big secret?

Well, his mother's birthday is approaching, and she has told her family that what she really wants are homemade gifts. Sam has decided to invent a special, surprise perfume just for her — a concoction that will combine all of her favorite smells. But exactly how does one bottle the quirky collection of scents on Mrs. Krupnik's list of favorites?

If anyone can find a way — or at least have loads of fun trying — it's Sam, Anastasia's precocious younger brother.

Lowry's reason for writing the novel

"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."^[1]

Review

"Warm, lively, true to children's real inner lives, and laugh-aloud funny all the way." — Kirkus Reviews, pointer review School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

References

↑ From Lowry's website

External links

Description of the book from Lowry's website.
Lowry's website
Complete list of books by Lowry

Novels by Lois Lowry
The Giver Quartet	The Giver (1993) Gathering Blue (2000) Messenger (2004) Son (2012)
The Anastasia Series	Anastasia Krupnik (1979) Anastasia Again! (1981) Anastasia at Your Service (1982) Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst (1984) Anastasia on Her Own (1985) Anastasia Has the Answers (1986) Anastasia's Chosen Career (1987) Anastasia at This Address (1991) Anastasia Absolutely (1995)
The Sam Series	All About Sam (1988) Attaboy Sam! (1992) See You Around, Sam! (1996) Zooman Sam (1999)
The Tates Series	The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline (1983) Switcharound (1985) Your Move, J.P.! (1990)
The Gooney Bird Series	Gooney Bird Greene (2002) Gooney Bird and the Room Mother (2006) Gooney the Fabulous (2007) Gooney Bird Is So Absurd (2009)
Autobiographical	Looking Back (1998)
Other	A Summer to Die (1977) Here in Kennebunkport (1978) Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye (1978) Autumn Street (1980) Taking Care of Terrific (1983) Us and Uncle Fraud (1984) Rabble Starkey (1987) Number the Stars (1989) Stay! Keeper's Story (1997) The Silent Boy (2003) Gossamer (2006) The Willoughbys (2008) Crow Call (2009) The Birthday Ball (2010)

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