What is Cathy Cassidy famous for?

What is Cathy Cassidy famous for?

Cathy Cassidy (born 13 June 1962) is an English author of young adult fiction. She was born in Coventry, Warwickshire. For a number of years she lived near New Galloway in Scotland where she started writing her novels, but has since returned to England, where she now lives on The Wirral.

Does Cathy Cassidy still write books?

Cathy Cassidy has currently written fourteen books. Her first book was Dizzy published in 2004, followed on by Indigo Blue, published in 2005. At the age of 50, Cathy Cassidy’s last books were Marshmallow Skye and The Chocolate Box Girls.

What age is Cathy Cassidy books for?

The Chocolate Box Girls 6 Book Collection – Ages 9-14 – Paperback – Cathy Cassidy.

Where is Cathy Cassidy from?

Coventry, United Kingdom
Cathy Cassidy/Place of birth

When was Cathy Cassidy born?

June 13, 1962 (age 59 years)
Cathy Cassidy/Date of birth

When and where the story is set Katy?

It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved.

What kind of a girl was Katy?

tomboy
Characters. Katy Carr: the eldest of the Carr children and the novel’s protagonist. At the beginning of the book she is a twelve-year-old tomboy who much prefers running around outdoors to quiet ‘ladylike’ pursuits and so tears her clothes and is always untidy; however, she longs to be good.

What Katy Did school of pain?

And What Katy Did said that girls should learn patience, cheerfulness and making the best of things. And that suffering endured will ensure that a girl will be ‘beautiful and beloved’.

What Katy Did injury?

On a beautiful summer day, Katy disobeys her aunt, and goes for a fateful forbidden swing in the barn. Like Icarus, she soars too high, and the swing breaks and dooms her to years of convalescence in her room following a terrible spinal injury.

What Katy Did Helen cousin?

Cousin Helen: Papa’s niece; she cannot walk because of an accident years ago. Despite her suffering she is amusing, cheerful, and kind; just what Katy wants to be. After Katy’s accident, Cousin Helen helps her adjust to her illness.

What age to read What Katy Did?

Book Information

ISBN: 9780099573128
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 256 pages
Suitable for: 9+ readers
Genres: Classic Fiction

What Katy Did setting?

The story of What Katy Did is set in the American countryside, in the small village where Katy Carr lives with her Aunt Izzie (Katy’s mother died when she was about five), her father, who is a doctor and often away from home, her three sisters and two brothers, and her friend Cecy. Katy is a girl of twelve.

Who is Cathy Cassidy?

Cathy Cassidy (born 13 June 1962) is a British author of young adult fiction.

Who is Cathy Smith?

Cathy was born in Coventry (in 1962). #2. She wrote her first picture book for her little brother aged 8 or 9. #3. Cathy loved making comics when she was younger too with picture stories, features and competitions. She would sell her homemade comic to a friend for 5p, then claim it back and sell it again to someone else.

Where does Cass Cassidy Live Now?

Cassidy now lives on The Wirral, Merseyside with her husband, Liam. She has two children Calum and Caitlin. She has been a vegetarian for over 35 years and was a vegan for 8 years.

What happened to Mary Cassidy and is she married?

She has also been the agony aunt for Shout, a magazine for teenage girls, and she presently has a series of four books about Daizy Star for younger readers and a series of books for older readers called the Chocolate Box Girls. Cassidy now lives on The Wirral, Merseyside with her husband, Liam. She has two children Calum and Caitlin.