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Book Reviewed by:This hilarious and heartwarming novel reminds us that nothing is stronger than the bonds of family (ages approx 9+).
It's back to school for the start of a new term, and the eccentric
Cassons are up to their old tricks!
Indigo, having just recovered from a bout of mononucleosis, must return to
school after missing an entire semester. Only his younger sister and loyal
sidekick, Rose, knows why he's dreading it so much. As it turns out, the school
bullies are eagerly awaiting Indigo's return so that they can pick up where they
left off -- flushing his head in the toilet. But Indigo hasn't counted on
meeting Tom, an American student who is staying with his grandmother in England
for the year. With his couldn't-care-less attitude and rock-and-roll lifestyle,
Tom becomes Indigo's ally, and together they work to take back the school.
Meanwhile, eight-year-old Rose is desperately trying to avoid wearing
horrible glasses, nineteen-year-old Caddy is agonizing over her many suitors,
Saffy is working overtime with her best friend, Sarah, to protect Indigo from
the gang, and with their father, Bill, in London at his art studio, their
mother, Eve, is just trying to stay on top of it all!
In this hilarious, heartwarming companion to her award-winning Saffy's Angel,
Hilary McKay shows us a new side of the Cassons and reminds us that nothing is
stronger than the bonds of family.
Indigo's Star is a follow up to Saffy's Angel, but it is not necessary to read the first to enjoy the second...continued
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(Reviewed by BookBrowse Review Team).
McKay's first book, The Exiles, was published in 1991
and went on to win The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. It was followed by The
Exiles at Home (1993) which won the Nestlé Smarties Gold Award for the 9-11
years category and the overall winner. Then followed The Exiles in Love
(1996). In 1994 she started on a new trilogy: Dog Friday (1994), The
Amber Cat (1995) and Dolphin Luck (1998).
In 2002 she published Saffy's Angel which won the
Whitbread Children's Book Prize. The sequel, Indigo's Star, was published
in 2004, and Permanent Rose followed in 2005. Caddy Ever After will be published in June this year.
She lives in a small village in Derbyshire (UK) and
enjoys walking, reading and ...
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