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Forever Rose

By Hilary McKay
Series: Casson Family
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Forever Rose is the fifth book in Hilary McKay's award-winning Casson Family series, following the youngest sibling Rose as she navigates feeling overlooked in a busy household. With her siblings engrossed in their own activities and looming school exams overshadowed by the cancellation of Christmas, Rose longs for the happy ending she'd only read about in books. This story continues to explore the lively, loving, and occasionally chaotic lives of the Casson family.
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This book will delight children, especially around 9 years and older, as well as teenagers and parents who appreciate a warm, relatable family story with humour and heart.

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Return to the world of Saffy's Angel with the fifth book in the laugh-out-loud Casson Family series.

Return to the world of Saffy's Angel with the fifth book in the laugh-out-loud Casson Family series.

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Forever Rose is the fifth book in Hilary McKay's hilarious and award-winning Casson Family series.

It's tough being the youngest.

Rose comes home to a dark, quiet, empty house every day—her sisters and brother are always so busy. Indigo has his guitar lessons and paper round, Saffy is off with Sarah, and who knows where Caddy is since she disappeared with Michael's postcards.

School isn't any better. Exams are looming, and the vindictive Mr Spencer has cancelled Christmas!

When will Rose get the "happy ever after" she has read about in books?

Follow the family's adventures in the rest of the beloved series: Saffy's Angel, Indigo's Star, Permanent Rose, Caddy Ever After and Caddy's World.

Series: Casson Family

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    Caddy Ever After
    Caddy Ever After is the fourth book in Hilary McKay's laugh-out-loud, award-winning Casson Family series. It's Valentine's Day and everything's changing. Indigo's in love and wants to do something special to win over Sarah. Saffy has a strange new boyfriend who teaches her all about the stars, and Caddy has fallen in love and is getting married... but not to...
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  • Caddy's World
    Caddy's World
    Caddy's World is the prequel to Hilary McKay's laugh-out-loud, award-winning Casson Family series. Best friends, boyfriends, problem parents, pink hair. Brothers, sisters, fireworks and unexpected babies. Welcome to Caddy's World. Travel back to when Caddy was a young girl and Rose had not been born, in this moving and comical prequel to the award-winning Saffy's Angel. Follow the family's adventures...
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  • Forever Rose
    Forever Rose
    Forever Rose is the fifth book in Hilary McKay's hilarious and award-winning Casson Family series. It's tough being the youngest. Rose comes home to a dark, quiet, empty house every day—her sisters and brother are always so busy. Indigo has his guitar lessons and paper round, Saffy is off with Sarah, and who knows where Caddy is since she disappeared...
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Praised for being stylishly written, insightful, and often very funny, Forever Rose captures the intricacies of family life with warmth and wit. Reviews highlight its multi-layered portrayal of childhood and broad appeal across age groups, describing it as entertaining, touching, and brilliantly domestic comedy-filled.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529033274

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 202g

Pages: 288

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Comfort Reads Hilary McKay Series: Casson Family Young Adult

About the Author

Hilary McKay won the Costa Children's Book Award for The Skylarks' War, the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel respectively. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings.

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