Meyer, Carolyn. Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914. New York: Scholastic, 2013. $6.99. Part of the “Royal Diaries” series, this story of the Russian Revolution is told in the form of brief diary entries kept by Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. Historical notes flesh out the picture of early twentieth-century Russian society and its conflicts.
