Indigo's Star
Title | Indigo's Star PDF eBook |
Author | Hilary McKay |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2004-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0689865635 |
In this hilarious companion to "Saffy's Angel," Indigo Casson returns to school after missing a semester due to mono, but he dreads dealing with the school bullies again. Soon Indigo meets Tom, an American who becomes his ally.
Caddy's World
Title | Caddy's World PDF eBook |
Author | Hilary McKay |
Publisher | Hachette Children's |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2013-02-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1444903497 |
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! Best friends, boyfriends, problem parents, pink hair. Brothers, sisters, fireworks and unexpected babies. Welcome to Caddy's World. Travel back to when Caddy was a young girl and Rose had not been born, in this moving and comical prequel to the award-winning Saffy's Angel. 'Full of warmth, vitality and irrepressible good humour' 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.
Permanent Rose
Title | Permanent Rose PDF eBook |
Author | Hilary McKay |
Publisher | Hachette Children's |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2013-02-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1444903462 |
From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. It's a long hot summer - to Permanent Rose it seems never ending. Rose misses Tom, Indigo's friend who went back to America, and new friend David is no replacement. Caddy's fiancee, Michael, tries to cheer her up by delivering a rose every day, but that just provides temporary relief. What with Daddy leaving her mother Eve for younger model Samantha, Caddy getting cold feet, and adoptive sister Saffron deciding to find her real father, no one seems to have time to come to Rose's rescue. But Rose is determined, and in her heart of hearts is sure she will find Tom again - but what else will she find on the way?
Binny for Short
Title | Binny for Short PDF eBook |
Author | Hilary McKay |
Publisher | Hachette Children's |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2013-02-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1444915428 |
From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. Binny's life has been difficult since her father died and her dreadful old Aunt Violet disposed of her beloved dog, Max. Her world changed then, to a city flat with not enough space for her Mum, her big sister Clem and her small brother James. Definitely no room for a pet. Then one day Aunt Violet dies, leaving a small cottage in Cornwall to Binny and her family. Binny finds herself in a new world once more, full of sunshine and freedom and Gareth, the enemy-next-door and the ideal companion for dangerous dares. But Max is still lost in the past, and it seems impossible that she'll ever find him again...
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Title | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Aiken |
Publisher | Doubleday Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2014-08-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0553522205 |
Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease. With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp?
Saffy's Angel
Title | Saffy's Angel PDF eBook |
Author | Hilary McKay |
Publisher | Hachette Children's |
Pages | 155 |
Release | 2013-02-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1444903446 |
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.
So Totally Emily Ebers (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 3)
Title | So Totally Emily Ebers (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 3) PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Yee |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2015-04-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545316200 |
This companion to Millicent Min, Girl Genius introduces us to Emily Ebers, average girl extraordinaire, and brings Lisa Yee's funny, touching story of friendship and family full circle. Lisa Yee charmed audiences with the hilarious Millicent Min, Girl Genius and revealed another side of the story in Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time. Now readers can meet Millie's best friend and Stanford's big crush! After her parents' divorce, Emily Ebers had to move to California with her mom. Now she writes letters to her rock-star dad about travel ("How did the pioneers do it? Did they have to ride with their mothers?"), her new friends, and how much she misses him -- though she does still have his credit card.... Emily Ebers may be starting over, but she's going to come out on top.