Book description
It's the Casson Family finale, and Permanent Rose takes centre stage.
It's tough being the youngest and Rose is lonely. Her family are always
busy doing their own things so Rose comes home to a dark, quiet, empty
house every day. Saffy is off with Sarah, Indigo has his paper round and
guitar lessons, Eve's in quarantine in the shed, Bill's notmuch use in
London, and who knows where Caddy is since she disappeared with
Michael's postcards! The only one around is David, and Rose would rather
be alone than be with him! At least Rose still has her friends at
school: the brilliant Kiran and the nice but boring Molly. But school is
no longer a peaceful place where Rose can daydream. Mean Mr Spencer is
always shouting about SATs. And now he's cancelled Christmas! But one
thing Mr Spencer can't cancel is the Christmas school trip which means
Rose can help Molly with her ONE BIG IDEA ... but what could that be?
Will it be a very merry Christmas for Class 6 and the Casson family?
Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize with her first
novel, The Exiles. Her subsequent work has achieved recognition: The
Exiles at Home won the Smarties Prize, whilst Saffy's Angel, the first
in the Casson Family series, won the Whitbread Award, for which the
third book, Permanent Rose, was also shortlisted.
