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 Indigo's Star  

Indigo's Star
Hilary McKay

Aladdin, 2006 - 272 pages

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IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE START OF A NEW TERM, AND THE ECCENTRIC CASSONS ARE UP TO THEIR OLD TRICKS!

Indigo, having just recovered from a bout of mononucleosis, must return to school after missing an entire semester. Only his younger sister and loyal sidekick, Rose, knows why he's dreading it so much. As it turns out, the school bullies are eagerly awaiting Indigo's return so that they can pick up where they left off -- flushing his head in the toilet. But Indigo hasn't counted on meeting Tom, an American student who is staying with his grandmother in England for the year. With his couldn't-care-less attitude and rock-and-roll lifestyle, Tom becomes Indigo's ally, and together they work to take back the school. Meanwhile, eight-year-old Rose is desperately trying to avoid wearing horrible glasses, nineteen-year-old Caddy is agonizing over her many suitors, Saffy is working overtime with her best friend, Sarah, to protect Indigo from the gang, and with their father, Bill, in London at his art studio, their mother, Eve, is just trying to stay on top of it all!


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Indigo's Star is a star

This is a great family story, with all the bumps and scrapes left in. Nobody loves their siblings all the time! These kids each have their own lives and interests, but care about each other, too.
Indigo's experiences with school and friends and sisters are totally believable, even when you can't believe they're happening. From bullies to stars, to music and friends, it all rings true. Read Saffy's Angel and Permenant Rose, too. They are all great books, but Indigo's Star may be the best.


Another great book about the adorable Casson kids and their selfish pig parents

As always, the Casson kids are courageous, delightful, complex, funny, resourceful, creative, etc. And their parents are criminally neglectful selfish pigs.

What the father does at the end of the book does not mitigate his selfishness. It only highlights it. He has lots of money but the kids go hungry. What a jerk! (That isn't the word I wanted to use!)

As has been mentioned, the book is as much about the kid with thorns, Rose, as it is about Indigo. But there is plenty about him.

Adults really ought to read some teen fiction, with an open mind. They would discover that adults are almost always portrayed as jerks, intentional or unintentional jerks. There must be a reason for that beyond "teen rebelliousness."


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Indigo's Star

I love this book! I just found out that it is a series of four. I am going to read them all! The first book is Saffy's Angel, then Indigo's Star, then Permanent Rose, and then Caddy Ever After. I hope Hilary McKay writes more books about the Casson family!


Good, but what about Indigo?

Another enjoyable story from Hilary McKay. While not completely disappointed, I thought it focused more on Rose than it did on either Indigo or his new friend, Tom. Considering it's Indigo's story, and he was such a fascinating character in Saffy's Angel, I expected more development in this one.

Also, several `Indigo-isms' from "Saffy's Angel" were missing: There was no mention of `his pack', which was very prominent and showed exactly who Indigo was and how he viewed those around him. Also lacking was his interest in being a polar explorer. What happened to that?

In the end, this series *is* a story about the entire Casson family, which makes it so appealing, but I still wanted more of Indigo.


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another endearing, laugh-out-loud Casson tale

I agree that Indigo's Star is a better book than Saffy's Angel (though I liked them both), and also that it's as much about Rose as it is about Indigo. That's one of the things I like about these books -- all the family members (except the absentee father Bill) get their own stories. I did miss Caddy, mostly away at university in this one, though she makes up for it with the humor of the string of "rock-bottom boyfriends" (in Rose's words) she brings home for weekends.

The only thing that bothered me about this book, as it did about the previous one, is that Eve is just a little too irresponsible a parent for my comfort level. Certainly she deserves an opportunity to be a "real artist" herself, and she does love her kids, but I can't entirely side with any mother who simply forgets to buy food -- and still doesn't buy it, even when her children remind her.

On the whole, I loved this book for the quirky, wacky family itself, and the way Hilary McKay keeps the tone sweet (mostly) yet utterly unpredictable.


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