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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2006
Gr 5-8 In this fourth installment featuring the Casson family, McKay -s strong points shine through. Though it takes much of the book to get there, the climactic event is the (attempted) marriage of oldest sister, Caddy, to someone other than Darling Michael. The youngest sibling, Rose, has promised Michael not to let his true love marry anyo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2006
In a trio of books about the vibrant Casson family (Caddy, Saffron, Indigo, Rose, and associated parents and friends), McKay has set the standard of brilliance for the middle-grade mayhem novel. This fourth chronicle nominally focuses on eldest sister Caddy (this time she makes it to the altar, but, reader, she does not marry him), but orbiting around the central plot are such de...Log In or Sign Up to Read More