Cathy Cassidy - Summary of Books

Summary of Books

Dizzy

The main character in this book is a twelve-year-old called Dizzy. On her birthday her mum comes and takes her away to go travelling around the festivals in Scotland. Dizzy meets a fourteen-year-old boy called Finn. He is very musical and in the end becomes her boyfriend. There is also a seven-year-old called *Mouse. He has had a bad childhood and is prone to shoplifting.

• Who appears later on in Cathy`s books,in Lucky Star

Indigo Blue

Indie's hobbie is daydreaming.That's what she does. But right now she needs a daydream that can block away her life, the fear. She's knows this can't happen. Even though she's having a bad time at home, school isn't perfect either. Her best friend, Jo suddenly hates Indie over a boy. But Aisha comes to the rescue. Indie doen't need Jo anymore, life is fine again. As soon as life turns good, Mum's ex-boyfriend turns up...things are bad. And Indie definitely won't forget that night...Indigo Blue all about learning about love,family and friendship, making the right choices, and realising which people are better for her, not others...

Driftwood

A girl called Hannah narrates this book. At the beginning it was just her and crazy friend Joey, giggling about Hannah's brother Kit, who fancies Joey. Then Hannah meets Joey's adopted brother Paul and slowly everything changes. Joey persuades Kit to look after Paul and Hannah's group of two turns to four. Then one day Kit and Paul fall out and Joey and Kit get together. Then Hannah finds out that Kit and his friends have been bullying Paul and suddenly she has to choose whose side she's on.

Scarlett

Wild Scarlett has been expelled from school AGAIN and must go to live in Ireland with her father. She doesn't want to, due to the fact that he left her and her mother when she was ten to go and live with another lady. In Ireland, though, she meets the mysterious Kian and suddenly, life isn't that bad any more.She starts to like it

Sundae Girl

Shy Jude's mum gets ill on cigarettes and alcohol. Her Dad lives away and is crazy about the 1960s. Her Grandma has Alzheimer. Her best friend, Nuala, just doesn't understand.Nothing seems to going Judes way until she realizes the floppy haired boy from school could be her knight in shining armour.

Lucky Star

This book continues Mouse's life from "Dizzy". Mouse is now fourteen. Mouse has been having lots problems with his school and has been excluded for a while.He then meets a girl called Cat with crazy and daring ideas in her head. Wonderful things happen when their together, but will it end in a happy ending? After all, everyone has their secrets and only one can win in a game of cat and mouse.

Ginger Snaps

Ginger was once an outsider, but not any more. She has managed to reinvent herself, become one of the cool girls, and has a lovely new best friend Shannon. But then old friend Emily comes into the scene and it's back to the old days. And when she starts dating Sam, a creative boy who Shannon can't stand, her life gets complicated. Ginger finds herself on the outside looking in, but she soon finds out that what had happened was a great miracle.

Angel Cake

Anya has just moved to Britain from Poland and is finding it hard to settle in. Luckily, though, she becomes best friends with Frances McGee (popularly known as 'Frankie' throughout the book), and helps Kurt to find a home for Cheesy the rat. Fat Frankie and geeky Kurt are not the ideal friends but they're all Anya has. Then she meets bad boy Dan, who, according to Frankie, is not boyfriend material, but Anya's sure that there's another side to him. Everyone says it isn't good to be with Dan, but Anya is prepared to show them who he really is.