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Book Reviewed by:Comment: Indigo's Star is a follow up to Saffy's Angel, but I don't
see any critical reason to read the one before the other. Saffy' Angel introduced what Publisher's Weekly describe as this 'spirited
English family' headed up by scatterbrained Eve - who paints pictures of
anything that will pay and Bill, her increasingly absentee husband - a 'real' artist
who lives in his studio in London.
The four Casson children are all named after colors on the paint chart,
19-year old Caddy (Cadmium), Saffy (Saffron), Indigo (the only boy, 12 years
old) and 8-year-old Rose. As the titles suggest, the first book focused on Saffy but this time Indigo and Rose take center stage. Indigo is being
bullied at school and Rose is determined to help him; she's also determined to
persuade her father to come home.
As School Library Journal says, 'while the story may be somewhat short on plot and a
bit facile in its treatment of the issue of bullying, McKay's sly humor, deft
characterization, and brisk pacing more than compensate. Readers will love
revisiting the chaotic but loving Casson household.'
Booklist comments
that 'some references, particularly those that foreshadow the Casson
parents' marital strains, may fly over the heads of young readers. But the
author unerringly dissects the politics of bullying and a family's complicated
layers of love and anger in an often laugh-out-loud narrative that's as chaotic
and lovable as the Casson household itself.'
This review
first ran in the February 3, 2006
issue of BookBrowse Recommends.
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