Hilary McKay

Indigo's Star is the second title in Hilary McKay's hilarious and award-winning Casson Family series. Indigo's going back to school after a long bout of illness. He's not looking forward to it, the bullies are lying in wait. But he's determined to stand on his own two feet - so when Saffy and Sarah break up a fight in the boys' bathroom, he's furious. Until he meets Tom. Tom is from New York, loves music, makes Indigo laugh and is unfazed by the bullies....

It's tough being the youngest - Rose is lonely. Her family are always busy doing their own things so Rose comes home to a dark, quiet, empty house every day. At least Rose still has her friends at school, but Mr Spencer is always shouting about SATs & now he's cancelled Christmas! But thankfully he can't cancel the Christmas school trip.

Tilly's little brother Timmy used to be as good as gold. But now he makes all sorts of chaos during the night and won't go to sleep. It's the fault of his imaginary friend, Naughty Morgan. He's the boss around here now. Can Tilly find out how to tame Morgan before her parents are forced to sell Timmy on eBay?

When Ruth Conroy decides to sponsor a child in Africa, she is unprepared for the monthly monetary commitment and is shocked by how difficult it is to find Đ10 a month ? In desperation, she enlists the help of her sisters - but Phoebe, Naomi and Rachel are only too eager to think up eccentric fundraising schemes, including wholly undisciplined and unsuitable baby-sitters, an unhygienic catering service and a fraudulent street artist. Whatever the...

It's a long hot, never-ending summer, with no letters for Rose. Tom went back to America, and Rose hasn't heard from him since. No phone calls, no messages, nothing at all. New friend David, however hard he may be trying, is no replacement. And home doesn't offer relief either: Dad's left Mum for a young model, Caddy is questioning her imminent wedding and Saffy is trying to find her real father. Rose is determined to find Tom in New York. But what...

A girl fed up with her parents leaves home to teach them a lesson.

A collection of ten traditional fairy tales, retold by award-winning author Hilary McKay.

12-year-old Binny learns the history behind a butterfly collage she saw at an old railway line.

Binny's life has been hard since her father died and her old Aunt Violet disposed of her beloved dog, Max. Her world changed then, to a flat with her Mum, her sister and her brother. Then one day Aunt Violet dies, leaving a cottage in Cornwall to Binny and her family. Binny finds herself in a new world once more, full of sunshine.