Synopses & Reviews
andlt;Bandgt;Feisty Rose takes center stage as the highly original Casson family faces a long, hot summer.andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; As usual, things are a bit chaotic. Eldest daughter Caddy is now engaged to darling Michael, and she's not altogether sure she likes it. Saffy and Sarah are on a mission to find Saffy's biological father (while cultivating hearts of stone). Indigo is cautiosly beginning a friendship with a reformed bully, who desparately wants to feel like part of the Casson family. Rose, while missing Tom (who none of them have heard from) dreadfully, enters into a life of petty crime, shoplifting small items until her misadventures nearly bring disaster. An accidental trip to London and a visit with Rose's father lead to a startling revelation, but through it all Rose's single-minded determination to find Tom remains as fierce as it is hopeless. Oris it? andlt;BRandgt; Hilary McKay has painted the fond mayhem of this delightul family with such humor, warmth, and authenticity that readers will fall in love with them all over again. Once you've visited the Casson household, you may never want to leave.
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"Exemplary comic writing -- buoyant, perceptive, subversive." -- Horn Book, starred review
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"Entertaining and heartrending." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
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"Wonderful." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
About the Author
Hilary McKay is the award-winning author of andlt;iandgt;Binny for Shortandlt;/iandgt;, which received four starred reviews, and six novels about the Casson family: andlt;iandgt;Caddyand#8217;s World andlt;/iandgt;(which received three starred reviews), andlt;iandgt;Saffyand#8217;s Angelandlt;/iandgt; (winner of the Whitbread Award, an ALA Notable Book, a andlt;iandgt;Boston Globe-Horn Bookandlt;/iandgt; Honor Book, and a andlt;iandgt;School Library Journalandlt;/iandgt; Best Book), andlt;iandgt;Indigoand#8217;s Starandlt;/iandgt; (an ALA Notable Book and a andlt;iandgt;Publishers Weeklyandlt;/iandgt; Best Book), andlt;iandgt;Permanent Roseandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Caddy Ever Afterandlt;/iandgt;, and andlt;iandgt;Forever Roseandlt;/iandgt;. She is also the author of andlt;iandgt;Wishing for Tomorrowandlt;/iandgt;, the sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnettand#8217;s andlt;iandgt;A Little Princessandlt;/iandgt;. Hilary lives with her family in Derbyshire, England. Visit her at HilaryMcKay.co.uk.