Caddy Ever After by Hilary McKay

Caddy Ever After by Hilary McKay is about the Casson family. Rose is 9, her brother Indigo is 14, her cousin Saffron (who lives with them) is 16, and her older sister Caddy who has moved to London. The story is told from the perspectives of the four kids, starting with Rose, telling about her very embarrassing incident on the carpet squares during Ghost Club. The story moves on with Indigo, describing how he was able to get everyone involved in the Valentine's Day Dance, including Sarah, Saffron's best friend, and Rose, who really shouldn't have been at the high school dance to begin with! The story continues with Saffron's account of Sarah's terrible childhood illness, which left her wheelchair bound, and popped back up after the Valentine's Day Dance. Finally, the story ends with Caddy's version of her wedding plans - to Alex, whom she met after Rose and Saffron were stranded in a bog after Oscar's (who Saffy began dating after Indigo set them up at the Valentine's Dance) car ran out of gas. Alex, Oscar's brother, came to the rescue and dropped the girls off at their house, where Caddy was visiting! The wedding didn't happen as planned, which was explained by Rose at the very, very end of the story.

This was an awesome book! I haven't read any of the other books about the Casson family, written by this author. I absolutely loved Rose - she is probably the most endearing character I have ever read about. It was fun to read the story through the eyes of the different characters. It was also really fun to see how four seemingly separate stories came together at the end.