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Gr 5-7 This final installment in the Casson family saga finds 11-year-old Rose feeling deserted and confused. Saffy and Indigo are busy with their teenage pursuits, Caddy has been missing for nearly a year since her almost-wedding to not-Michael in "Caddy Ever After" (S & S, 2006), Mummy is spending all her time in her artist's shed to avoid spreading germs from a bad case of bronchitis, and Daddy Bill is still living in London, finding the peace and quiet he can't get at home. To make matters worse, Rose does not like...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Anyone who feared that the Casson family might lose their verve in this, the fifth of the series, can rest easy. Eleven-year-old Rose, the youngest, the artist, the reluctant reader, the most off-center member of this off-center family, is the emotional heart of the novel as she faces the classic youngest-child dilemma of older siblings growing up and pulling away. "They are turning into the sort of people I used to call Grown Up and I cannot stop them, although I would if I could. I would slow them down,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Eleven-year-old Rose, the most off-center member of the Casson family, is the emotional heart of this fifth and final book about them. The beauti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More