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    Saffy's Angel

    Written by Hilary McKay

    Narrated by Julia Sawalha

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    About this audiobook

    Saffron's two sisters, Cadmium and Rose, and her brother Indigo were all named from a color chart by their mother Eve, a fine-arts painter. When Saffron, known as Saffy, discovers that her name is not on the chart, it soon leads to another discovery. She has been adopted.
    Life in the Banana House, as their home is called, is never dull. Caddy, the eldest, is taking driving lessons from an instructor who happens to be a very attractive young man. Indigo dreams up ways, sometimes quite dangerous, to conquer fear. Rose, the youngest, has learned how to get her own way without upsetting the other. As for Saffy, all she remembers from when she was very small is a stone angel in a garden in Italy. With the help of a newfound friend, Saffy sets out on an adventurous and sometimes hilarious search for her angel.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 7, 2002
    ISBN9780807208250
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    Saffy's Angel
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    Hilary McKay

    Hilary McKay is a critically acclaimed award-winning author. She won the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel respectively. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings. Her 2018 title, The Skylarks' War, marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and was the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. It is a classic in the making.

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    Reviews for Saffy's Angel

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    • 5/5
      The Casson Family and their escapades make me laugh - a lot. LH
    • 4/5
      Quirky, charming, the kind of book you could curl up with for an entire afternoon. The introduction to Saffy and the other members of the artistic Casson family only whets the appetite for more stories.
    • 4/5
      I love the hilarious British humor that this book has.
    • 3/5
      Saffy--given name Saffron--is one of four Casson Children. Cadmium (caddy) is the oldest, then Saffy, Indigo and Rose. All are given the names of paint colors by their artist mother. But Saffy is troubled that her name is not on the paint chart in the hall. She soon finds out why she has never quite felt like she fits in, but when she finds a gift from her late grandfather with the help of a new friend and her brother and sisters, the pieces fall into place. This is a sweet, easy to read story with just enough adventure and tension. There are other books by this author about the siblings.
    • 5/5
      Reading for a second (or maybe a third) time for my Small Beauties Book Club.
    • 4/5
      After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to Italy where she was born to find a special memento of her past.
    • 5/5
      Saffy never felt she fit into her family. Then she finds out why.
    • 5/5
      This is one of my all time favourites especially when Rose is holding up signs to the drivers behind her only-just-passed- her-test sister... It actually made me laugh out loud so hard that I had to put the book down!It works on so many levels for both adults and children - a true crossover book.
    • 5/5
      I seriously loved this book.
    • 5/5
      One of my all time favorite series.
    • 5/5
      I am a sucker for books about large, complicated, creative families that capture the everyday magic of life, and this totally hit my buttons. Although the main plot here is Saffy's story, about her search for identity and finding her place, I loved that we also got to meet her siblings and parents and friends. This was such a rich book in terms of both character and theme; I am impressed by just how much was packed into it, and so gracefully. And best of all, it left me feeling good and happy and inspired. I will definitely be reading more of the Casson family books!
    • 4/5

      Hmm.  'Eccentric' isn't quite a strong enough word for this family.  I think Rose is my favorite character, but the next (and perhaps only other) book I am looking forward to reading about these characters is Indigo's Star.  For the right audience, this would be a perfect series.  Beautifully & brilliantly written, the adventures of these almost feral children of artistic parents (erm, if they deserve that title...) would enchant a child who wants to live in a family less boring, or poor, or dysfunctional, or whatever... than their own.  Literary & powerful, adults can enjoy this book (and, I'm guessing, the others) maybe even more than children... if they can get over being bothered by the benignly neglectful theory of child-rearing, with father in the city being a professional artist all week, and mother in the shed with her own paintings.

      The bit about the trip to Wales with a brand-new driver was hilarious.  I love that Rose took markers and a drawing pad and communicated w/ other drivers, asking for their patience as Caddy navigated the unfamiliar highway.

      [Rose] was painting a vast desert landscape on the white wall of the landing.... [It] was the direct result of her father's telling her to start small and to stick to painting only what she knew."

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    • 4/5
      First in the Casson family series. Quieter and more bittersweet than the Exiles, but I still liked it. [Nov. 2010]
    • 4/5
      Saffy (Saffron) belongs to a rather unusual family. Both her parents are artists and she has three siblings: Cadmium Gold, Indigo and Permanent Rose. One day Saffy discovers that whilst all the other’s names are on the paint chart in the kitchen – hers isn’t. That is when she finds that she is adopted and that she is really a cousin to the others not a sister. She has some vague memories of her childhood in Italy and when her Grandfather leaves her an ‘angel’ in his will, her new friend Sarah is determined to help Saffy find it.Despite the seriousness of the theme, the eccentricities of Saffy’s family make this a very entertaining read. If you enjoy it there are other stories about this family. Suitable for ages 10 and up.
    • 4/5
      Saffy finds out she is adopted and goes on a adventure in order to help find out about her past. Great story, eccentric british family, Saffy is a prickly sort and finds friendship with a headstrong young girl confined to a wheelchair.