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Caddy Ever After by Hilary Mckay

It's Valentines Day and everything's changing in the Casson household. Indigo sets out to do something special to win over Sarah and ends up organising the Valentines Day disco and playing cupid. Saffy has a strange new boyfriend who teaches her all about the stars. Sarah falls very ill - when she can no longer laugh it off Saffy gets scared. And Caddy has fallen in love and is getting married ...but not to Michael. With a wedding to plan everything's a little crazier than usual in the Casson household. Especially as the only one who seems to be happy for Caddy is Bill. But it's Permanent Rose who's taking the news the hardest. She made a BIG promise to Michael - how is she going to keep it now?

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Reviews

'Hilary McKay's wittily observed portrayals of family life are full of warmth, vitality and irrepressible good humour.'
Kate Agnew, The Guardian
'just the sort of crazy family you ache to be a part of.'
The Good Book Guide
'it's wonderful to have more stories about the engaging and uncommon Casson family!'
Parents Express
'... we are so fond of this fresh, funny, foolish, wise, real family.'
The Horn Book Magazine
'... as wild and endearing as ever ... Another charmer for Casson fans.'
Booklist
'... laced with warmth, humor and adventures'
Kirkus
'... touching and hiarious. Beautifully crafted descriptive language makes this offering a real gem.'
School Library Journal
'Quirky and endearing'
Palo Alto Weekly
'McKay has a genius for domestic comedy.'
The Sunday Times
'Hilary McKay's strength lies in her understanding of young people and her ability to evoke them very simply.'
The Guardian
'More entrancing stories about the quirky Casson family from a well-regarded novelist.'
Carousel Eccentric, likable and entirely credible, their domestic exchanges reflect Hilary McKay
's exceptional ear for dialogue. -- The Times 20061126 A charming story ... McKay writes with such art. -- The Independent 20061208 'Warm and witty'
FT magazine 20061208

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About The Author

Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Award with her first novel, The Exiles. Her subsequent work has achieved similar recognition - The Exiles at Home won the Smarties Prize and Saffy's Angel won the Whitbread. A graduate of Botany and Zoology from St Andrews University, Hilary now writes full-time. She lives in Derbyshire with her husband and two children.

Q & A with Hilary Mckay

What is your earliest childhood memory?
Watching steam trains with my grandfather. He died before I was two years
old, so that is a very early memory.

If you could be any animal, what would it be and why?
Well, who could turn down the gift of flight? Or travel without luggage? Or a
life spent following the sun? Without doubt, I would be a swallow. I realise this
means a lifetime of eating flies, but I think it would be worth it.

What is your dream holiday destination?
I would start at the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico and travel South
through Central America, along the coast to Peru, then down through Chile
across to the Falklands and on to Antarctica, which I would circumnavigate.
Then I would travel North to New Zealand where I would spend a long time
warming up and then across to Australia. I would spend quite a long time in
Sydney and go up into the Blue Mountains (I might go sapphire hunting there)
and then to the Great Barrier Reef (of course).
That would be far enough for me.

What is your morning routine?
Alas, I do not have a morning routine.

If you could have one special talent, what would it be?
Singing, undoubtedly. That would make me the happiest. But I have a friend
whose talent is languages and I envy that one very much.

 

Likes: Millions of things! Books, cats, honey, letters from readers (hint, hint), real music, apples, swimming in cold water, chocolate coated ginger biscuits, trees.

Dislikes: Putting things away, litter, loud TV, hot rooms, being told what to think.

3 words that best descibe me: Untidy, happy, hopeful!

A Secret that not many people know: I am a VERY slow reader!

 

 

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