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Summary: Saffys Angel Saffys Angel
Review: This book is mainly about Saffy, a girl who finds out she is adopted and that her mom is really her aunt She finds this out when she notices all her brothers and sisters are on the color wheel but her (Indigo, Rose, and Caddium are her brothers and sisters).
Next Saffys grandpa dies and leaves a will. To Indigo he gave his car to Caddy he gave a house to Rose he gave her his money and to Saffy he gives her angel in the garden. No one knew what he was talking about but Saffy. She had dreams that her angel was a stone angel in a garden in Siena, Italy. Saffy meets a friend named Sarah
Who convinced her parents to take her to Siena. Sarah arranges for Saffy to become a stowaway in Sarah's car.
When they get to Siena they find the garden. Will they find her Angel? Who will be in the house? Read and find out!
I think the author did a good job describing each characters point of view. Indigo is scared but loves his sisters. Caddy is having difficulties passing her classes. And Rose's is brave and adventurous. I felt very excited throughout the book because there were many mysteries to solve. I recommend this book to people who love adventures and mysteries. I would also recommend this book to people who like Sharon Creech books because McKay's style is very similar.
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Summary: Saffy 's Angel
Review: This book is really great. All of the kids are funny in the book and Micheal, the driving instructor is also funny. There are 3 different countries that they go to in this book. I'd recommend this book for other 6 year old kids (and older)
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Summary: Just call me angel of the morning
Review: To grab a child's interest, books written for them will usually concentrate on something fun or interesting that they might like to be a part of. In the case of "Saffy's Angel", author Hilary McKay has combined two or three different fantasies a child might enjoy. The fantasy of belonging to a big crazy artistic family. The fantasy of living in a big crazy house full of mysterious boxes and items. And the fantasy of solving a mystery of one's very own.In this story, young Saffron (Saffy) finds that she is not her parent's child after all. In fact, she was the daughter of her mother's sister, adopted at a very early age. When Saffy's grandfather dies and leaves her, "Saffy's angel", the girl sets off on a quest to recover that which is rightfully hers.
The book isn't too dissimilar from "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" in that the story revolves around a mystery (solved by children) and a statue. The story itself is bright and lively and never gets bogged down by characters, plots, or settings. McKay too has created imaginative people, each with a distinct and subtle personality. Many parts of this book are quite amusing (for instance, Saffy's mother leaves a note that tells the others that she'll be hanging the paintings done by the juvenile delinquents she works with that reads, "hanging Young Offenders in the library"). And the story is a good one. Top notch, in fact. My qualms (and I did have one or two) involve that old bugaboo "the artistic vs. the sane". How often do we read stories in which nice sensible people are considered troglodytes because they act normally and with reason, rather than scatterbrained and "artistic"? In this case, the reader is well set up to dislike Saffy's adoptive father. Bill mostly does not live with the family, preferring to live in London with his art and visit occasionally. Everyone is perfectly happy with this arrangement, and Bill is often set up as the jerk with too much common sense. Whenever somebody dies he inevitably acts the pompous unfeeling cad. On the other hand, the book really doesn't give enough credit to the fact that though an unwelcome parent, he's obviously far more capable than his too often negligent wife. When the children become ill, he is the one to separate them so that others do not become sick. He is capable of saying no to the children when they do something stupid or potentially dangerous. His wife, on the other hand, is completely unfit to be in charge of children. She spends all her time out of eyeshot or earshot of her kids in a shed where she paints. She never says no. When the children (miraculously, only one is a complete brat) act in inappropriate ways, "Eve (their mother) always stuck out these grim times as bravely as she could. After all, she would tell herself, she had known from the day the children were born that they were in every way more talented, intelligent, and wise than she would ever be". Which is her excuse for letting them drive to Wales with her terrible driver daughter at the wheel, sit on window ledges paralyzed with fright, or eat paint found in garbage cans. I loved this book. I disliked the mother. Beyond that flaw, it's an enjoyable romp with children that (with the exception of the youngest little spoiled creature) you grow to love slowly but surely. I would recommend this readily without any hesitation to anyone wishing to read a fun British adventure. It is truly a book that should be better known.
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Summary: Saffy's Angle
Review: What would you do if you spent half your life believing your aunt and uncle were your mother and father?
When Saffron is two her mother dies. Her grandfather brings her to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins. Saffron believes her uncle is her father and her aunt is her mother for most of her life. Until one morning she finds out her real mother is dead. Now, Saffron remembers everything. From then on she dedicates her life to finding the statue of an angel she played with while her mom was alive.
Hilary McKay is a great writer, since she has the ability to get readers interested in her book in just the first page. McKay made the characters and their moods come to life as I went on an adventure with Saffron and her best friend, Sara. If you enjoy being led into a fascinating story about an 8 year old girl you will love Saffy's Angel. Cameron S.
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Summary: Saffy's Angle
Review: What would you do if you spent half your life believing your aunt and uncle were your mother and father?
When Saffron is two her mother dies. Her grandfather brings her to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins. Saffron believes her uncle is her father and her aunt is her mother for most of her life. Until one morning she finds out her real mother is dead. Now, Saffron remembers everything. From then on she dedicates her life to finding the statue of an angel she played with while her mom was alive.
Hilary McKay is a great writer, since she has the ability to get readers interested in her book in just the first page. McKay made the characters and their moods come to life as I went on an adventure with Saffron and her best friend, Sara. If you enjoy being led into a fascinating story about an 8 year old girl you will love Saffy's Angel. Cameron S.
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Summary: Very Good
Review: When Saffron finds out she is adopted, her whole life changes. With the death of her grandfather who leaves her an angel, she is determined to find it and believes it will unlock a forgotton chapter of her life. With the help of her two sisters(Cadmium and Rose), her brother(Indigo), and her new friend Sarah, Saffron sets out to find her angel.
This book is full of warm and original characters that everyone can't help liking. This a beautiful story that everyone should read.
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