Here's a light-hearted story, if you fancy something jolly and gentle.
The Casson family are madly artistic: well, mad anyway. Indigo calls them his pack. That's because he's got three mad sisters who are always up to something, and a mad mother who is always in the garden shed preoccupied with her painting. She's an artist, you see. So is Indigo's father, but he works away from home in a nice quiet studio, away from the hurly burly of the Casson household. Well, if you don't call it hurly burly, you might have to call it a mess.
Did I say three mad sisters? Maybe I meant two. How do you know whether you are a genuine, bona fide Casson? Saffron runs a check on the colour chart pinned up on the kitchen wall. She can find Cadmium, Cadmium Gold, that is. Caddy's the eldest. And she can find Indigo. He's the only boy. And she can find Permanent Rose. She's the baby.
'There isn't a Saffron,' said Saffron after another long search. 'I've looked, and there isn't! I've read it all, and there isn't!'
Hmm. Well, that's conclusive proof, as it happens.
She's not very happy about it, but she could have lived with it, until Grandad died, and left her something in his will:
For Saffron. Her angel in the garden.
That's what starts it all off. The angel. Saffy thinks she can remember it, sort of, from her first life before the colour chart on the kitchen wall. And Saffy wants it. She just has to find it, because nobody knows where it is.
If you fancy a bit of a romp, this is the book for you. It's not very profound, nor is it very likely. It's gentle, and funny, and very well written:
What do you think about ‘Saffy's Angel’?
Julia, girl, age 13, from Bangor, United Kingdom, on 13th July 2007. Rating: 9/10
I think Saffy's Angel is the best in the trilogy. It's very funny, particularily when Caddy is involved. Some parts can get a little boring though! Still it was a good book!
poppy, girl, age 11, from kent, United Kingdom, on 10th January 2007. Rating: 10/10
I think this book was great! From the title it sounds like a girls book but really it isn't!Even my older brother read it and said it was one of the best books he had EVER read! Some parts made me want to cry, others made me LOL! All in all this book is the best! And if you like this book you should read 'indigo's star' and 'permanent rose' These books are just as good! And plus these books are about the other crazy but lovable cassoon siblings. All in all these books are AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kathy, girl, age 14, from Whyalla, Australia, on 21st May 2006. Rating: 8/10
I read this book for a book review for english its a great book.
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If you enjoy Saffy's Angel you might like to look at the Exiles trilogy, also by Hilary McKay:
If you are interested in Saffy's identity crisis, after she discovers that she is adopted, you would probably enjoy this story by Jacqueline Wilson:
Or you might like to read anything by Anne Fine, who also writes about real life experiences, with a light, humorous touch:
