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Summary: OH, poor Saffy
Review: Hillary McKay has a way with using words to describe her clever and lovable characters that just suck you in and make you wish they where real. I loved the soft side of Rose revealed in the scene when the siblings are driving to Wales to find Saffy's angel. Her cute little notes to other drivers made me laugh out loud at their cleverness and left me with a new impression of her personality. Caddy's determinedness and sweet heart make her an effective character as the story develops. While Indigo's vulnerability and sincerity make you just want to reach out and hug him. Then there's Saffron the moody odd one out in the group. While Saffy's story unfolds I love how McKay keeps the stories of all the others going on quietly in the background in which Caddy's driving lessons with Michael take center stage. You will be led through an amazing heart warming adventure by the most loveable engaging cast I have ever seen.
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Summary: British Comedy: if you like Wodehouse . . .
Review: I checked the audio tapes out from the library on a whim. What a find. What a crack-up. When I started listening I kept laughing, but thought something must be wrong with me--isn't this a serious book? Nope. The car ride to Wales at the end was really funny. The lady who does the narrating is terrific. Maybe the book is for children, but adults should enjoy it too--if they are British comedy fans. The plot is pretty simple, so I'd say its main attraction is the humor.
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Summary: Fabulous
Review: I chose this book out of chance for a university course paper. Thank God. This book was one of the most endearing and beautiful stories about a fabulously funny and looney family. I hope that many other people find this book by accident as well. Thank you Saffy!
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Summary: Stephanie Chavez Book
Review: I have just spent the afternoon with the most entertaining, warm, funny, and unusual people; they are the Casson family. In 152 pages, McKay has created characters I want to spend more time with and get to know better. Cadmium is the oldest girl and is learning to drive and pass her "A" levels. Indigo is the brother who dreams of exploring the Artic. Rose is the youngest who shows an affinity with paint as an infant.
We meet Saffy in the terrific opening sentence of the novel, "When Saffron was eight, and had at last learned to read, she hunted slowly through the color chart pinned up on the kitchen wall."
Through her exploration of a painter's color chart the story of her adoption into the Casson family is revealed. She learns that she was born in Siena, Italy and brought to England by her grandfather when her own mother died in an automobile crash. Although the focus of the story is on Saffy's search for her place in the family, the rest of the characters are so wonderfully drawn that the reader feels a personal connection with each one of them. The way the family members interact and care for each other is touching yet tremendously funny too.
Caddy's driving lessons (and her crush on the driving instructor) are hilarious. I laughed and laughed as I read. Indigo's valiant attempts to conquer his various fears are profoundly moving. Rose is a no holds barred artist. Her realistic view and handling of their father and his dismay at his unconventional family is cheering.
I sought this book out when the Junior Library Guild chose "Indigo's Star" as a selection this fall. Lucky for me, I will get to spend another afternoon with the Cassons now.
Stop what you are doing right now: order it, place it on hold at your library, or go out and buy it! You will thank me.
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Summary: Pretty Good Story
Review: It's a very well written story and is great to read if you have an extra minute on your hands. The story is bascially about a young girl who feels out of place in her family when she learns she is adopted. Her grandfather soon died after that and left in his will to Saffy her angel. Well she then became determined to find out more about the angel. This story will take you on a journey of mixed emotions and shows how much one person cares for their family. [P.S. MAKES A GREAT BOOK TO READ FOR A REPORT IN CLASS]
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Summary: eccentric English family grows on you
Review: Saffron is part of a zany, disorganized, artistic English family in which all the children are named after colors. When she finds out that she's adpoted, she decides she wants to go to Italy to find an angel statue left to her in her grandfather's will. This is an odd book about a terribly irresponsible and inept family which got under my skin and charmed me after awhile. I ended up understanding through their actions how they loved each other.
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Summary: a terrific story!
Review: Saffy's Angel has everything - humor, sensitivity, mystery, and warmth. The characters and storyline are well-developed and full of life. You'll fall in love with the Casson family, and end up wishing they were your own. Read this book!
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Summary: Caution: Really good book!!!!!
Review: Saffy's angel is an excellent novel. It's a mix of adventure and drama. This book will make you think about what's going to happen next. Hilary Mckay describs every thing so good. When events happen in the book you can picture it like your really there. And when you finish the book you'll wonder what ever happens to the characters in the end.I loved this book very much and I hope you will to. So buy this book and you'll be blown away!!!
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Summary: Mother Daughter Book Club @ Edmeston Central School (NY)
Review: The purpose of this club is to read books with strong female characters and Saffy's Angel immediately caught our attention. It looked interesting and filled with suspense and adventure. Our favorite character overall in this book was Indigo. Sarah's father was extremely funny and interesting. The way that Sarah hid Saffy and allowed her to come with her (without her parent's permission) was kind and a good deed from a close friend. Bill was a rude, obnoctious father that didn't really care and didn't seem to know anything about his family and children, adopted or not. Saffy's "Aunt" was almost the same as Bill. But she wasn't mean or obnoctious. She just spent all of her time in the shed, painting. Indigo had to make dinner and everything. We felt bad for the kids who didnt really have a parent to fall back on.
We would recommend this book (10-14 year olds) to about anyone who is willing to read a good book and get a life lesson
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Summary: Loved It!
Review: There are so many words to describe this book! The story was extremely creative and absorbing. The book started as decent, but into the middle I began becoming very interested and found myself not wanting to put it down. The book is so...different...original...to the point where even unessecary details were enjoyable and descriptive enough to picture in my mind. The characters were so easy to love and so memorably humorous! I just can't say enough about their strange ways of doing things and their odd-but-entertaining interests. I almost wish this book was a series instead of a novel, but I feel that it is close enough to the perfect story as it is. I really liked that it didn't focus completely on Saffy, but also on her artistic and loving family. I also liked that the characters got right to the point, instead of rambling for pages.
This one has become a major favorite of mine, and will be one that I recommend to all my friends!
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