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Hilary McKay

Author of Saffy's Angel

92+ Works 5,776 Members 229 Reviews 19 Favorited

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Series

Works by Hilary McKay

Saffy's Angel (2001) 1,037 copies
Indigo's Star (2003) 627 copies
Permanent Rose (2005) 407 copies
Caddy Ever After (2006) 312 copies
Forever Rose (2007) 292 copies
The Exiles (1991) 223 copies
Wishing for Tomorrow (2010) 194 copies
The Skylarks' War (2018) 182 copies
Dog Friday (1994) 167 copies
The Time of Green Magic (2019) 144 copies
The Exiles at Home (1993) 135 copies
Caddy's World (2011) 123 copies
The Exiles In Love (1996) 121 copies
Lulu and the Cat in the Bag (2011) 114 copies
Dolphin Luck (1998) 109 copies
The Amber Cat (1995) 107 copies
Binny for Short (2013) 106 copies
There's a Dragon Downstairs (2003) 57 copies
The Swallows' Flight (2021) 55 copies
Binny in Secret (2015) 38 copies
Binny Bewitched (2016) 38 copies
Swop! (2006) 27 copies
The Flying Feeling (1676) 25 copies
Was That Christmas? (2001) 23 copies
Charlie and the Cat-flap (2007) 21 copies
Dragon! (1609) 18 copies
Charlie and the Big Snow (2007) 17 copies
Pirates Ahoy! (1999) 15 copies
Charlie and the Tooth Fairy (2009) 13 copies
Charlie and the Rocket Boy (2008) 13 copies
Amazing! (Gr8reads) (2008) 13 copies
Happy and Glorious (1996) 11 copies
Beetle and the Big Tree (2002) 9 copies
Hello Charlie (2009) 9 copies
The Story of Bear (2007) 9 copies
Where's Bear? (1998) 9 copies
Tilly and the Dragon (2014) 7 copies
The Sticky Witch (2010) 7 copies
Oliver (Collins Big Cat) (2012) 6 copies
Practically Perfect (1996) 6 copies
Jodie (2023) 5 copies
La guerra delle farfalle (2021) 5 copies
Lulu Boxed Set #1-6 (2016) 4 copies
Strange Bear (1998) 3 copies
Le ‰sorelle Conroy (2003) 1 copy
Rosa by Starlight (2024) 1 copy
Gatto Nero 1 copy

Associated Works

Ballet Shoes for Anna (1972) — Foreword, some editions — 273 copies
Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy (2009) — Contributor — 71 copies

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So smart and funny and kind.
 
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localgayangel | 15 other reviews | Mar 5, 2024 |
So extraordinarily layered and lovely.
 
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localgayangel | 19 other reviews | Mar 5, 2024 |
Probably my 50th read in my life, but my first in quite a few years, though it's been living quietly on my bookshelf all the while because I couldn't bear to get rid of it. This series was really formative for me, right up there with His Dark Materials and Harriet the Spy and Harry Potter (though the last has obviously aged somewhat worse). In part, because it reflected certain parts of my life with an incredible closeness--I grew up in a house much messier and more full of the detritus of years than any of my friends', with a harried mother who did and does call everyone "darling", all of us often foraging in cupboards (unlike the Cassons, my dad was the primary forager and my mother the person who would think to buy a big can of baked beans for emergencies), full of spiders my father wouldn't let us kill and his various researches into macaque brains. I also was a sensitive, artsy kid who was worse at school than I was "supposed" to be, and I felt deeply seen by almost all the Cassons in turn. Obviously, this is a review that is as far from objective as it's possible to be, but I genuinely found it delightful and surprisingly nuanced this past reread. The plot is excellent constructed in a way that looks like chaos up until the end that you realize has been carefully built to this whole time, and all the members of the family feel fully realized and multidimensional.… (more)
 
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localgayangel | 22 other reviews | Mar 5, 2024 |
So beautifully written and sad.
 
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Works
92
Also by
2
Members
5,776
Popularity
#4,268
Rating
4.1
Reviews
229
ISBNs
624
Languages
13
Favorited
19

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