Binny for Short - Rilegato

"Tremendously entertaining." (The Guardian)

"Try Hilary McKay. Her books are so good you want to climb inside the covers and live there." (The Daily Telegraph)

"A sensitive exploration of friendship, grief, and the often hilarious rough and tumble of families adjusting to change. More Binny please." (The Daily Mail)

"With humor, poignancy and a keen insight into human nature and family dynamics, Hilary McKay...moves in with the Cornwallises." (Jennifer M. Brown Shelf Awareness)

*"With humor, poignancy and a keen insight into human nature and family dynamics, Hilary McKay...moves in with the Cornwallises." (Jennifer M. Brown Shelf Awareness, starred review)

*"The writing is gorgeous, clear as water; the characters vivid and lively; the story so real each moment of loss, fear, delight and love absolutely visceral." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

* "Fans of McKay's Casson books will warmly welcome the delightful and eccentric Cornwallis family... the humorous and poignant interactions among Binny's caring older sister, independent younger brother, and insightful mother are the heart of the novel." (Publisher's Weekly, starred)

"This novel combines effervescent everyday-life storytelling with subtle exploration of the ripples of loss that shape young lives, and McKay fans will celebrate the introduction of an engaging new heroine." (BCCB)

*"McKay’s masterful control of the mayhem is ingenious; may the Cornwallis family, like the Conroys and the Cassons before them, have many adventures to come." (Horn Book, Starred Review)

Hilary McKay is the award-winning author of The Skylarks’ War (which was a Boston Globe and Horn Book Best Book of 2018, and received three starred reviews), Binny Bewitched (which was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and received two starred reviews), Binny in Secret (which received three starred reviews), Binny for Short (which received four starred reviews), and six novels about the Casson family: Saffy’s Angel, Indigo’s Star, Permanent Rose, Caddy Ever After, Forever Rose, and Caddy’s World. She is also the author of Wishing for Tomorrow, the sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess. Hilary lives with her family in Derbyshire, England. Visit her at HilaryMcKay.co.uk.