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Saffy's Angel

Name: Saffy's Angel
Author: Hilary McKay

by Hilary McKay

2001•Family•204 pages

Taste attributes: familycomedywholesomelightrealisticlinearenclosedall consuming questcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeA warm-hearted, contained family novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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5.0 / 5

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About This Book

After Saffron discovers that she's adopted, life is never quite the same again. Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants a piece of her past. So when her grandfather bequests a stone angel to her, Saffy knows she has to find it and stows away to Siena with her new friend.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyComedyAll consuming questComplex relationship

Subjects

Family lifeArtistsAdoptionEnglandBrothers and sistersFamilyJuvenile fictionEccentrics and eccentricities

Details

Author: Hilary McKay
Published: 2001
Pages: 204
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Source: Open Library

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