Book: Caddy’s World
Author: Hilary McKay
Publisher: Margaret K.
McElderry Books
Pages: 272
Grade Level: 4th Grade and up
Rating: 4 Stars
In the sixth book in the Casson Family series, Caddy is twelve years
old and life is bringing her a lot of changes. Her friends are growing up and
going in different directions, her mother is pregnant and her father now runs
the household. When her mother delivers the baby prematurely, Caddy is ready
with a helping hand to everyone around her. After all, she is “Caddy the Brave”
and can calm anyone in any situation and everyone seems to be going through a
chaotic time!
Don’t judge this book by its cover, it is definitely unappealing to any
upper elementary school student, and the story is so well written with complex,
real characters that it will easily sit on a shelf just because of the look of
the book. Caddy’s story is so real on so many levels. She doesn’t worry about
having fancy clothes or accessories (she can’t afford them), and she values her
friendships and her family relationships more than anything else. The book is
about a girl who is poor monetarily but rich in everything else, and it is
important to have books like this in today’s society, when so many books for
tween girls harp on the “right” clothes and bullying other children.
