Book description
Hilary McKay revisits the Casson family, but this time with a
difference ... Go back in time ...Caddy is 12, grappling with school,
best friends, first boyfriends, younger siblings and the unexpected
arrival of one baby Permanent Rose who has arrived in the world a little
sooner than expected. While baby Rose lies in critical condition in
hospital, life goes on in the unpredictable, colourful Casson household
.. 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.
