Hilary McKay, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (133p) ISBN 978-0-689-81765-6
On the Yorkshire coast, a boy overcomes his fear of dogs when a starving mutt needs his help. ""Snappy dialogue, an animated plot and a singularly refreshing crew of characters mark this fetching novel,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 8-12. (Oct.
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Hilary McKay. S&S/McElderry, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-5344-2710-5
Deftly interweaving humor and heart, McKay crafts an intricate novel exploring the overlapping realms of family, friendship, and romantic love in early-20th-century England. Since clever Clarry’s mother died soon after she was born, Clarry and her...
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Hilary McKay. S&S/McElderry, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4424-4105-7
McKay’s Forever Rose (2008) was supposed to be her final novel about the Cassons, but in this sixth outing the family sparkles as brightly as ever. The author rolls back time, focusing on oldest sibling Caddy as a 12-year-old whose life is in...
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Hilary McKay, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books $15 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-81360-3
Gracefully gliding between present and past, McKay adds just the right measure of magic to this resonant follow-up to Dog Friday. As her 11-year-old son, Robin, and his best friend suffer through chicken pox, Mrs. Brogan entertains them and their...
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Hilary McKay, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $3.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-689-81403-7
The very funny sequel to The Exiles has four often devilish British sisters devising creative ways to sponsor an African boy's education. Ages 8-12. (June)
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Hilary McKay, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books $4.5 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-80592-9
PW compared this uproarious first novel, about four unruly girls ""exiled"" to the country with their no-nonsense grandmother, to the writings of Beverly Cleary and Lois Lowry. Ages 9-12. (May)
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Hilary McKay, Author . S&S/McElderry $16 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-84933-6
McKay's (The Exiles; Dog Friday) sparkling novel once again introduces an eccentric, entirely engaging British family whose members readers will immediately embrace. The Casson parents, both artists—delightfully distracted Eve paints in...
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Hilary McKay, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.99 (291p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5486-6
The fifth—and, sadly, final—volume about the Casson family, Brits like the author, is the best of them all, a jewel of a domestic comedy. Rose, the youngest, is now 11 and occupies an as yet uncharted zone between daft and brilliant....
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Hilary McKay, Author . S&S/McElderry $15.95 (218p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0930-9
The four engaging Casson offspring in turn contribute their voices to this enchanting follow-up to Saffy's Angel
, Indigo's Star
and Permanent Rose
. Because of its episodic format, the book is perhaps best suited to fans of the series....
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Hilary McKay, Author . S&S/ Aladdin $5.99 (265p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1403-7
In this return visit to the British family from Saffy's Angel
, 12-year-old Indigo takes the spotlight when he falls victim to a gang of bullies. "McKay's realistic portrayal of the family's dynamic are at times riotous, at times...
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Hilary McKay, Author . S&S/McElderry $15.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0372-7
Permanent Rose, the youngest and perhaps most beguiling of the endearing Casson clan, had a shining role in Indigo's Star
and turns out another stellar performance in this sequel. The eight-year-old's current dilemmas involve her lingering...
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Hilary McKay, Author . S&S/McElderry $15.95 (265p) ISBN 978-0-689-86563-3
Fans of Saffy's Angel
will welcome this return visit to the spirited English family, the Cassons, whose artist parents—endearingly dotty Eve and frustratingly absent Bill—have named their progeny from a paint color chart. This time...
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Hilary McKay, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (152p) ISBN 978-0-689-84934-3
At the start of this story, a girl learns that she is actually the Italian-born daughter of her supposed mother's twin sister, who died in a car crash when she was three. When her grandfather also dies and leaves her the statue of an angel,...
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Hilary McKay, Author , read by Julia Sawalha. Listening Library $25 (, unabridged, four cassettes, 5 hrs., $25 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-8072-0823-6
British actress Sawalha (Absolutely Fabulous; Chicken Run) exhibits an impressive range as she portrays various members of the offbeat, artistic Casson family of McKay's bubbly and warm novel. As soon as she can read her mother Eve's paint-co
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Hilary McKay, illus. by Priscilla Lamont. Albert Whitman, $13.99 (104p) ISBN 978-0-8075-4808-0
“Lulu was famous for animals,” opens this sparkling series launch, first published in the U.K., about Lulu, an irrepressible girl with a penchant for acquiring pets. And, McKay explains in her characteristically understated and cheerful narrative, “i
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Hilary McKay, illus. by Micah Player. S&S/McElderry, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4424-8275-3
Fans of McKay's Casson books will warmly welcome the delightful and eccentric Cornwallis family, who move into a seaside cottage bequeathed to them by cranky Aunty Violet. Though the family has been penniless and has shuffled from one cramped...
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Hilary McKay, Author, Alex Ayliffe, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82271-1
In this agreeable story, young Simon is distraught to find his bear Snowtop--whose matted fur and stains make him dear and familiar--replaced by fluffy white Strange Bear, smelling of soap. Simon takes Strange Bear to look for Snowtop, and after...
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Hilary McKay, Author, Bill Farnsworth, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $4.5 (176p) ISBN 978-0-689-82013-7
The third Exiles novel is as witty as its predecessors; here, the four Conroy sisters, ages eight through 15, succumb to the ""family failing""--love. Ages 9-12. (Sept.)
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Hilary McKay, Author, Nick Maland, Illustrator , illus. by Nick Maland. S&S/McElderry $16.99 (273p) ISBN 978-1-4424-0169-3
Readers may well approach this sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett's timeless novel, A Little Princess
, with both skepticism and high expectations. McKay quickly dispels the former and more than fulfills the latter. As she did in The Exiles
and
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Hilary McKay, Author, Amanda Harvey, Illustrator , illus. by Amanda Harvey. S&S/McElderry $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-86774-3
The creators of Was That Christmas?
present an engaging bedtime tale, well suited for youngsters who are prone to hearing things go bump in the night. "There was a dragon downstairs at Sophie's house," the story opens unequivocally....
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Hilary McKay, Author, Amanda Harvey, Illustrator , illus. by Amanda Harvey. S&S/McElderry $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84765-3
Santa's visit to her preschool leaves Bella disconsolate: he didn't bring a present for her cat, he didn't bring his reindeer, and there isn't any snow. "Was that Christmas?" she wails. Her mother assures her that it's
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Hilary McKay, Author, Eileen McKeating, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $17.99 (217p) ISBN 978-0-689-50555-3
The four Conroy girls are more than a little disgruntled to learn that instead of their receiving a share of their parents' newly acquired inheritance, the entire 5000 will be spent fixing the house. To add insult to injury, while the renovation is...
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Hilary McKay, Author, Gail Piazza, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $4.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-82557-6
""McKay adds just the right measure of magic to this resonant follow-up to Dog Friday,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 9-12. (July)
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Hilary McKay. S&S/McElderry, $17.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-5344-6276-2
McKay adds the fetching family at the center of this resonant novel to her rich cache of irresistible protagonists. When Abi is 11, her placid life in London with sage Granny Grace and Abi’s widower father is derailed after he marries kind Polly (mot
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Hilary McKay. S&S/McElderry, $17.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-66590-091-1
Set in the transitional time between the two world wars, covering 1927–1947, this poignant novel follows four young people on the precipice of adulthood amid the challenges of looming conflict. In Berlin, animal-loving Erik and supportive Hans...
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Hilary McKay. McElderry, $16.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-6659-5810-3
Orphaned at age four, Rosa Mundi has been raised by her aunt and uncle, cruel people who have dampened her spirit over the years by locking her in her room at night and proving more interested in
promoting their artificial lawn business than caring
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Hilary McKay, illus. by Sarah Gibb. S&S/McElderry, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-5344-3284-0
Stepping assuredly into fantasy, McKay (the Casson Family series) displays ingenuity and wit in these 10 cunningly reconfigured tales, illustrated with Gibb’s stunning silhouette artwork. The inventive array of narrators includes classic fairy tale...
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