By Hilary McKay (author) Part of the Casson Family series
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Funny and compelling with a thought-provoking ending that leaves the reader eager for more and of course there is more. This one stars Indigo, the only boy in the Casson family. Definitely a book to curl up with and enjoy in one single sitting.
Indigo's Star is the second title in Hilary McKay's hilarious and award-winning Casson Family series.
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Indigo's going back to school after a long bout of illness. He's not looking forward to it, the bullies are lying in wait. But he's determined to stand on his own two feet - so when Saffy and Sarah break up a fight in the boys' bathroom, he's furious. Until he meets Tom. Tom is from New York, loves music, makes Indigo laugh and is unfazed by the bullies. But Tom has troubles of his own - can the boys help each other out?
Follow the family's adventures in the rest of the beloved series: Saffy's Angel, Permanent Rose, 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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Indigo's Star is the second title in Hilary McKay's hilarious and award-winning Casson Family series. Indigo's going back to school after a long bout of illness.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Indigo's Star and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Indigo's Star 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: Health , Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), PSHE: Bullying and Discrimination
Paperback. £6.29, down from the £6.99 cover price. In Stock.
Indigo's Star was written by Hilary McKay and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Indigo's Star has 244 pages
Yes it is part of Casson Family series
£6.29, reduced from £6.99. In Stock.
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