Indigo's Star (Casson Family)

Not quite as magical as Saffy's Angel, and perhaps a bit more painful. Rose is really shaping up as the character who utterly owns my heart. Can't wait to read Permanent Rose... and I'm also nervous about it...

Very cute story with neat characters and situations. Better for middle school or mature upper elementary.

Second book in a series, liked the first one better. Indigo the brother from the Casson family undergoes bullying at school until a newcomer from America helps him reach out beyond his family. Good for discussion regarding individuality and bullying.

Indigo is sick of getting hassled by the kids at school, until an American shows up to divert their attention. As he becomes friends with Tom, the boys take refuge with Indigo's loving (if scatterbrained) family of artists. 8-12

This story in the series about the Casson family focuses on the problems Indigo faces when he returns to school after a long illness. He is once more the target of bullies but something has changed. There is a new American boy, Tom, in his class and they slowly become friends. Meanwhile, Rose

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worries about the absence of their father, Caddy brings home a string of unsuitable boyfriends and Saffy concentrates on her schoolwork.

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A sequel to Saffy's Angel. The delightfully quirky Casson family is held together by its children, not their vague and oft-absent parents who, in some ways, are a bit unbelievable. I love Indigo, the kindest 13-year-old boy I've heard of. He lets his 8-year-old sister, Rose, tag along with him and

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loves his two older sisters just as much. He befriends an American boy in school and defends him from bullying even before he knows him because it is the right thing to do. The book says much about family, especially irregular families. The Cassons adopt all number of people into their midst, from Sarah, the rich neighbor girl to Michael, one of eldest sister Caddy's many boyfriends to Derek, another boyfriend and fixer of plumbing and electronics. At the end, Tom, the American boy, realizes he can accept his stepmother and stepsister into his family because of the time he spent with Indigo and Rose. A feel-good novel that address tough issues in an unsentimental way.

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I loved Saffy's Angel so much I came right back for more. I think the first is still my favorite, but I enjoyed this one very much!

I loved this chapter book, it was so well written, and it kept me engaged the whole time. I could never put the book down, because all I wanted to do was finish the book. This book manages to address so many themes that are dear to me (the difficulties and delights of being eccentric, the tyranny

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of schoolyard bullies, the importance of being kind to the underdog, family love and loyalty) in a way that is heartfelt, serious, and funny. The author has an amazing way with language development, and truly making your heart feel warm. I also think that the author created amazingly strong imagery by explaining about how the characters received their names, and then their names said things about their appearances. It was beautiful, and neat. I thoroughly enjoyed this book for a chapter book read, and I am so glad I read it.

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I totally don't consider this hilarious. ?�Only at the end does it get gently humorous, imo. ?áMostly it seems sad - this family does not seem like a happy one to me. ?áMom is always hiding in her shed, Caddy is dating a whole bunch of other boys because she thinks she shouldn't commit to

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Michael, Rose is aching for her Daddy who is almost never home from London and thinks her letters pleading for help are her jokes on him, Indigo is being bullied, Saffy and Sarah are almost invisible except for the time they come to Indigo's rescue (well, that was almost funny, as it was in the boys' bathroom at school... but still, mostly I felt embarrassed for Indigo, and I did not laugh), they almost never have enough to eat despite their father being able to consider travelling to Paris a chore....

To me this and Saffy's Angel read more like some sort of poignant *L*iterature or something. ?áI feel like I should love the Cassons, but after two tries I give up.

And I don't know what the Star is of the title.

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