Readers will fall in love with the Cassons, and be excited to get Hilary McKay's other books about the children who live and create in the unkempt Banana House. In the end, this is a funny and tender novel. But he is shot down at times by his outspoken offspring, and ultimately learns to see his wife's artistic ability. The only character who isn't particularly sympathetic is Bill, the father, who spends his week acting the part of an artist in London, belittling his talented wife who must juggle her work and four children alone at home. Hilary McKay is the award-winning author of many beloved novels, such as Saffy's Angel, which was the winner of the Whitbread Award, an ALA Notable Book, a Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book, and a School Library Journal Best Book of 2002, as well as several picture books, including Was That Christmas, illustrated by Amanda Harvey. Saffy's family members are flawed but also creative and loyal, including mother Eve, who forgets things like dinner, and who is overly permissive because she believes her kids "were in every way more talented, intelligent, and wise than she would ever be." This is the story of adopted Saffy finding her place in her family, sure, but it's also an introduction to the nice, but nutty, Cassons. įollow the family's adventures in the rest of the beloved series: Indigo's Star, Permanent Rose, Caddy Ever After, Forever Rose and Caddy's World.The plotting is solid, but it's the characters that make this book such a fantastic read.
Saffys Angel by Hilary McKay - 9781444915976 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. And the youngest, Rose, a budding artist, has a knack for baiting her pompous dad, with entertaining results. Saffys Angel by Hilary McKay, 9781444915976, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Indigo, the only boy in the Casson family, is determined to rid himself of his fear of heights. The rest of the family are engaged in their own wacky projects: Caddy, a hopeless student, is revising for her A levels and desperately trying to pass her driving test. Realizing that Siena holds the key, she stows away on a car trip to Italy.
So when her grandfather bequests her a stone angel – a relic from the childhood she never knew – Saffy knows she has to find it. Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants a piece of her past. Cadmium (Caddy), is the eldest then Saffron (Saffy) Indigo, the only boy and Rose, the youngest. Saffy's Angel was the winner of the 2002 Whitbread Award and is the first novel in Hilary McKay's hilarious Casson Family series.Īfter Saffron discovers that she's adopted, life is never quite the same. The four Casson children, whose mother, Eve, is a fine-arts painter, have all been given the names of paint colors.
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