By Hilary McKay (author) Part of the Casson Family series
"The third book in Hilary McKay's laugh-out-loud, award-winning Casson Family series"
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Hilary McKay has a brilliant ear for family dialogue as well as a shrewd understanding of the passions of adolescence and a wickedly sure touch about the complex ins and outs of sibling relationships. Permanent Rose is one of the large Casson family whose lives have been described in previous stories.
When Indigo’s friend Tom goes back to the US, Permanent Rose is left moping for him and longing for his return. But, will he come back? All the rest of the family have worries of their own which make them too busy to care but Permanent Rose is on a mission and she won’t give up lightly.
It's a long hot, never-ending summer, with no letters for Rose. Tom went back to America, and Rose hasn't heard from him since. No phone calls, no messages, nothing at all. New friend David, however hard he may be trying, is no replacement.
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And home doesn't offer relief either: Dad's left Mum for a young model, Caddy is questioning her imminent wedding and Saffy is trying to find her real father. Rose is determined to find Tom in New York. But what else will she find on the way?
Follow the family's adventures in the rest of the beloved series: Saffy's Angel, Indigo's Star, Caddy Ever After, Forever Rose and Caddy's World.
Hilary McKay won the Costa Children's Book Award for The Skylarks' War , the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Ange l respectively. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings.
You can read her character Rose Casson's blog by clicking here - and Rose's tweets on the right hand side of this page.
Q & A with Hilary McKay What is your earliest childhood memory? Watching steam trains with my grandfather. He died before I was two years old, so that is a very early memory.
If you could be any animal, what would it be and why? Well, who could turn down the gift of flight? Or travel without luggage? Or a life spent following the sun? Without doubt, I would be a swallow. I realise this means a lifetime of eating flies, but I think it would be worth it.
What is your dream holiday destination? I would start at the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico and travel South through Central America, along the coast to Peru, then down through Chile across to the Falklands and on to Antarctica, which I would circumnavigate. Then I would travel North to New Zealand where I would spend a long time warming up and then across to Australia. I would spend quite a long time in Sydney and go up into the Blue Mountains (I might go sapphire hunting there) and then to the Great Barrier Reef (of course). That would be far enough for me.
What is your morning routine? Alas, I do not have a morning routine.
If you could have one special talent, what would it be? Singing, undoubtedly. That would make me the happiest. But I have a friend whose talent is languages and I envy that one very much.
Likes: Millions of things! Books, cats, honey, letters from readers (hint, hint), real music, apples, swimming in cold water, chocolate coated ginger biscuits, trees.
Dislikes: Putting things away, litter, loud TV, hot rooms, being told what to think.
3 words that best descibe me: Untidy, happy, hopeful!
A Secret that not many people know: I am a VERY slow reader!
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It's a long hot, never-ending summer, with no letters for Rose. Tom went back to America, and Rose hasn't heard from him since.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Permanent Rose and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Permanent Rose features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Funny, PSHE: Divorce, PSHE: Family Issues, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE)
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Permanent Rose was written by Hilary McKay and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Permanent Rose has 217 pages
Yes it is part of Casson Family series
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