Hilary McKay Quotes

He likes driving very fast on the wrong side of the road, said Sarah. Which I can completely understand.

He likes driving very fast on the wrong side of the road, said Sarah. Which I can completely understand.

Hilary McKay

He's an artist in London. We don't see him much."Tom gave him one of his quick, considering glances and asked, "Doesn't he live with you?""No," said Indigo, finally saying out loud what he had known n...

He's an artist in London. We don't see him much."Tom gave him one of his quick, considering glances and asked, "Doesn't he live with you?""No," said Indigo, finally saying out loud what he had known n...

Hilary McKay

Tags: divorce, fathers, sad

About Author

Hilary McKay (born 12 June 1959) is a British writer of children's books. For her first novel, The Exiles, she won the 1992 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.

For Saffron, it said in shaky old writing on the damaged base, and on the other side, Saffy's angel.Saffron, picking up the broken fragments one by one, said it didn't matter. She hugged Rose and Indi...

Hilary McKay

For Saffron, it said in shaky old writing on the damaged base, and on the other side, Saffy's angel.Saffron, picking up the broken fragments one by one, said it didn't matter. She hugged Rose and Indi...

Hilary McKay

Tags: broken, family

I love people who play guitars on roofs! said Rose, hopping along the pavement in one of her sudden happy moods. Don't you?Never knew anyone else who did it!Don't you like Tom?Of course I do. But I do...

Hilary McKay

I love people who play guitars on roofs! said Rose, hopping along the pavement in one of her sudden happy moods. Don't you?Never knew anyone else who did it!Don't you like Tom?Of course I do. But I do...

Hilary McKay

Tags: family, listening, music

Is this your holiday homework? asked Sarah. Don't do it, Rose! And Eve will write you a note to say it's iniquitous to give eight-year-olds homework. You will, won't you, Eve?I could never spell 'iniq...

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Is this your holiday homework? asked Sarah. Don't do it, Rose! And Eve will write you a note to say it's iniquitous to give eight-year-olds homework. You will, won't you, Eve?I could never spell 'iniq...

Hilary McKay

Tags: homework, morning, sisters

There are all sorts of families, Tom's grandmother had remarked, and over the following few weeks Tom became part of the Casson family, as Micheal and Sarah and Derek-from-the-camp had done before him...

Hilary McKay

There are all sorts of families, Tom's grandmother had remarked, and over the following few weeks Tom became part of the Casson family, as Micheal and Sarah and Derek-from-the-camp had done before him...

Hilary McKay

Tags: kids, love