Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay
Huzzah, huzzah. The book is finally available in paperback. Nevermind that it has a Feb. 2006 copyright, I bought it off the shelf at Barnes & Noble last week.
I know I said I was reading Bad Kitty, and it's true. Really. See what happened is, I picked Indigo's Star up at the store last week to see if I needed it, and I found that I'd read something like 15 pages of it when I'd only intended to read the first 2 or so. Then I brought it home where it stayed in it's little green bag until today. In the interim, I did the same thing with Bad Kitty, which is nowwaiting upstairs for me to get back to it. But I digress.
You may recall that I read McKay's Saffy's Angel last year, which I liked but did not rhapsodize over in the same way that dotificus and some others had. However, I was strangely compelled to read more about the Casson family, and starting into Indigo's Star is like coming home. In a way, that's exactly what it is -- coming home to the Casson house and all the familiar characters. It's the same characters, developing a bit more, plus a new friend from America for Indigo.
McKay deals with issues of family, bullying, friendship, and loss in this one in a quiet, beautiful way. The bad news? The third book, Permanent Rose is only available in hardcover for now, and I can't seem to locate an anticipated release for the paperback. I believe some bullet-biting may be in order.
I know I said I was reading Bad Kitty, and it's true. Really. See what happened is, I picked Indigo's Star up at the store last week to see if I needed it, and I found that I'd read something like 15 pages of it when I'd only intended to read the first 2 or so. Then I brought it home where it stayed in it's little green bag until today. In the interim, I did the same thing with Bad Kitty, which is nowwaiting upstairs for me to get back to it. But I digress.
You may recall that I read McKay's Saffy's Angel last year, which I liked but did not rhapsodize over in the same way that dotificus and some others had. However, I was strangely compelled to read more about the Casson family, and starting into Indigo's Star is like coming home. In a way, that's exactly what it is -- coming home to the Casson house and all the familiar characters. It's the same characters, developing a bit more, plus a new friend from America for Indigo.
McKay deals with issues of family, bullying, friendship, and loss in this one in a quiet, beautiful way. The bad news? The third book, Permanent Rose is only available in hardcover for now, and I can't seem to locate an anticipated release for the paperback. I believe some bullet-biting may be in order.