Thursday 16 March 2017

Saffy's Angel by Hilary Mc Kay









The four Casson children, whose mother, Eve, is a fine-arts painter, have all been given the names of paint colors. Cadmium (Caddy), is the eldest; then Saffron (Saffy); Indigo, the only boy; and Rose, the youngest. When Saffy discovers quite by accident that she has been adopted, she is deeply upset, though the others assure her that it makes no difference at all. Saffy is the daughter of Eve's twin sister, who lived in Siena, Italy, and died in a car crash. Grandad brought Saffy, as a very small child, back from Siena.
At Grandad's death he leaves something to each of the children. To Saffy, it is "her angel," although no one knows its identity. How Saffy discovers what her angel is, with the help of an energetic new friend, lies at the heart of this enchanting story. Unforgettable characters come alive in often deeply humorous and always absorbing events to be treasured for a long, long time.


Saffy has always felt a bit left out, her name is missing from the paint chart and she figures out that she is adopted.  Saffy's angel is all that is left form her old life when she was very little and lived in Sienna and herself and her  new friend Sarah set out to track the angel down.


This is a really great story about a totally chaotic family, I think a lot of our group enjoyed. We had a great discussion about book and characters. Saffy's name comes from Saffron the spice, we found out all about it and even had a look at some




Did you know it's made from the crocus flower. It is the worlds most expensive spice and takes 75,000 crocus blossoms to make a pound of saffron. Irene brought in some saffron for everyone to have a look at



If you want to follow more of their adventures there are other books in the Casson family series Indigo's star, Permanent Rose, Caddy ever after, forever Rose and Caddy's world