Anastasia Krupnik

And what makes Anastasia entertaining is how she keeps the audience privy to all the angst a 10-year-old can muster - and it's plenty

Anastasia keeps a list of the things she loves - the little pink wart on her finger - and the things she hates - her teacher - in her zealously guarded green notebook

At one point she is ridiculed by her teacher because her poetry assignment doesn't rhyme [she gets an F] When her dad reads the poem he exclaims: 'This is an F-for fabulous!'

Anastasia turns to the audience, grinning from ear to ear, and announces with pride, 'The year I was 10, I wrote a fabulous poem'" ~ The Daily News

When her parents tell her they are expecting a baby - a boy at that - Anastasia considers leaving her family and becoming a Catholic like her best friend, Jennifer

She'll get to wear a wedding dress - "they make them small for Catholics" - and pick a new name - Anastasia Perpetua Krupnick

Of course the picture starts to get a little less rosy when she learns about confession

Welcome to the wonderful world of the irrepressible Anastasia Krupnik!