Casson Family: Saffy's Angel: Book 1
Hilary McKay
From the winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award 2018. Meet Saffy, Indigo, Rose and Caddy Casson. This colourful and hilarious series will make you wish you were part of the family!
After Saffron discovers that she’s adopted, life is never quite the same. Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants a piece of her past. So when her grandfather bequests a stone angel to her, Saffy knows she has to find it. Realising that her childhood in Siena holds the key, she stows away on a car trip to Italy.
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. Indigo, the only boy in the Casson family, is determined to rid himself of his fear of heights. And the youngest, Rose, a budding artist, has a knack for baiting her pompous dad, with entertaining results . . .
‘This book truly is a masterpiece’ Guardian
Saffy’s Angel won the Whitbread Children’s Book Award, and book 3, Permanent Rose, was shortlisted for the same award, celebrating McKay’s talent for conveying the anarchic bedlam of family life.
Reviews
This book was a great form of realistic fiction. Saffy, an adopted child wants to find her angel that her grandpa gave to her. Throughout the course of the book, she realises that family always looks up to you and tries to fulfill your wishes.
Dame Amazonia O’Doughnut 29.08.2023
My favourite character was Sarah because she is a nuisance but determined to help Saffy! I would recommend this book to people who like a sad but happy ending!
Baroness Gloriana Hoverboard 16.04.2020
