Hodder Literature: Saffy's Angel with Web Teacher Material - Hilary Mckay

Hodder Literature: a new and exciting series of literature titles for Key Stage 3 for whole class use.

One of four children in the chaotic Casson household, Saffy realises that hers is the only name not on the artist's colour chart pinned to the kitchen wall - there's Cadmium, Rose and Indigo but no Saffron. It gradually dawns on her that her artistic parents and eccentric siblings are actually her aunt, uncle and cousins. When their grandfather dies, his will mentions Saffy's angel and, with the help of her friend Sarah, Saffy plans to stow away on a trip to Italy to trace her birthplace and find her angel - to find a real piece of her past. But in the end, it's her cousins back in England who find the broken remains of the angel - carefully reconstructing it and presenting it, whole again, to Saffy.