Cassie Binegar

by Patricia MacLachlan

Book Overview

After her grandfather's death, Cassie longs for an orderliness to life -' a pattern -' that doesn't exist among her raucous, loving family. But during an eventful summer by the sea, she begins to learn that some things do not stay the same forever. Colorful characters and] Cassie's continuing and believable growth in understanding herself and others make] this novel so distinctive." 'C.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064401952
• ISBN13: 9780064401951
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Idea of Change.

In "Cassie Binegar," Cassie, the main character, did not like the idea of change. She wanted orderliness in her life and strived to achieve it. She eventually learned to view life through her family's eyes and learned a very valuable lesson; that things don't stay the same forever. I would definitely recommend this book for young adolescents. They will find it very easy to relate to the experiences in the book. km

The Idea of Change.

In "Cassie Binegar," Cassie, the protagonist, did not like the idea of change. She wanted orderliness in her life and strived to achieve it. She eventually learned to view life through her family's eyes and learned a very valuable lesson; that things don't stay the same forever. I would definitely recommend this book for young adolescents. They will find it very easy to relate to the experiences in this book.

Cassie Binegar

Cassie Binegar hates her family's new home by the sea. She longs to go back to her ordinary life and her loving family. Cassie hides and watches and listens; but then Gran comes. Gran is so good at seeing the truth about Cassie. Slowly Cassie learns from her family that she must see life through other people's eyes. And she learns that things cannot- should not- stay the same. This book was good, however I would not say it was great. I feel that this book deserves 4 stars.

VERY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought this book was GREAT!!!!! I would recommend it to every one that loves books that tell you about people's diary's!!!!!!! I give this book 5 stars and it deserves it!!!!!!!!!

Entertains and helps solve problems

It felt good to read about Cassie's peaceful,interesting and understanding family. There were nice parts about tradition (the lavender dress), tenderness (Father keeping a lock of his wife's hair for good luck) and helping each other, even in little things (Baby Binnie helping Hat count birds). Some of my problems are similar to Cassie's (not having a "space", feeling guilty), and I thought about the solutions she finds. I especially liked those thoughts and expressions in the book that I have thought about before. Sometimes these helped me find words for my feelings ("What's written becomes truth";"comfortable mystery"). I liked this book so much that I even started translating it to Hungarian, my native language.