Sara Cassidy

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books
  • First Book:
    October 2010
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • Slick

    Liza, determined to prove that her mother's boyfriend is no good, starts researching the oil company he works for. Liza discovers a lawsuit against the company for compensation that is long overdue to Guatemalan farmers. She starts a group at school ...

  • Windfall

    Life is full of challenges for thirteen-year-old Liza. She is already having trouble coping with the death of a local homeless man when she learns that her family's apple tree will need to be chopped down. If that wasn't enough, the new principal at ...

  • Seeing Orange

    Seven-year-old Leland has trouble writing, but he loves drawing. He so dislikes his teacher that he conjures up Delilah, an imaginary seeing-eye dog to help him into class each day. When a neighborhood painter recognizes Leland's gifts as an artist, ...

  • Double Play

    Allie loves baseball. It's the one thing that has been consistent in her lately complicated life. Allie's father left recently, and now Allie has a new family -- her mother's new girlfriend, Phyllis, and son Miles have moved in. It's taking some adju...

  • Skylark

    Angie lives in an old car with her brother and mother. Homeless after their father left to find work, the family struggles to stay together and live as normally as possible. It is difficult though. Between avoiding the police and finding new places t...

  • A Boy Named Queen

    Who will be brave enough to make friends with the boy named Queen? Sara Cassidy’s acclaimed novel, A Boy Named Queen, is now available in paperback!Evelyn is both aghast and fascinated when a new boy comes to grade five and tells everyone his name ...

  • Blackberry Juice

    After moving into their new home, a keeling-over farmhouse in the country, nine-year-old Cyrus and his brother, Rudy, have trouble adjusting to all the changes. The fresh-from-the-farm egg yolks are blindingly yellow. The eccentric girl next door has...

  • Black Gold

    Cyrus and Rudy have found the perfect way to spend the last days of summer: a roadside stand where they sell their dahlias, blackberries and tomatoes to the passing motorists. When a neighbor drops off a bin full of red wrigglers, California earthwor...

  • The Great Googlini

    Filip, the ten-year-old son of Croatian immigrants, lives in a boring suburb of the big city, where he passes his time either at school or in his cozy kitchen, googling everything from dinosaurs to the Hubble Space Telescope.When his favorite uncle g...



  • Helen's Birds

    For as long as Saanvi can remember, she has been friends with her elderly neighbor Helen. They play cards and garden together and, especially, care for the wild birds that visit Helen’s yard. When Helen dies suddenly, a “For Sale” sign goes ...

  • The Moon is a Silver Pond

    A young child skates, bakes and milks the cow while the moon wondrously transforms above. The moon is a silver pond when seen through the trees. When they tend the cow, the moon is the milk at the bottom of the pail.With stunning illustrations by Jos...

  • The Moon is a Silver Pond Read-Along

    A young child skates, bakes and milks the cow while the moon wondrously transforms above. The moon is a silver pond when seen through the trees. When they tend the cow, the moon is the milk at the bottom of the pail.With stunning illustrations by Jos...

  • Nevers

    Resourceful fourteen-year-old Odette is on the move again, traveling as a stowaway on a cheese cart with her hapless mother, Anneline.They are in Burgundy, France, in 1799, fleeing yet another calamity caused by Anneline (who is prone to killing peop...

  • Scallywag on the Salish Sea

    A nameless boy finds treasure, courage, and clues to his past in this hilarious high-seas adventure.The Greasy Lobster, a pirate ship run by the notorious Captain Gallows, is no place for a kid. But when a young orphan arrives on board, the boy has n...

  • Genius Jolene

    On her annual trip in her father’s 18-wheeler, Jolene is ready for some new adventures.Eight-year-old Jolene is headed to Los Angeles on a six-day road trip to deliver some newsprint with her dad. Just like last year, they tell each other stories a...

  • The Sun is a Peach Read-Along

    Stunning illustrations by Josée Bisaillon capture how imagination shapes the environment around us.A young child walks along a country road into town where there’s a parade on. The experiences of the day, and the child’s eventual homecoming and ...

  • The Sun is a Peach

    Stunning illustrations by Josée Bisaillon capture how imagination shapes the environment around us.A young child walks along a country road into town where there’s a parade on. The experiences of the day, and the child’s eventual homecoming and ...

  • Painted Fences

    A charming and evocative story within a story, exploring themes of wartime resourcefulness, local history, friendship, and the reverberations of the past in the present day. On a beautiful spring day in Victoria’s James Bay neighbourhood, eigh...

  • Kunoichi Bunny

    The sun is out and the birds are chirping. It’s a beautiful day for Saya, her dad and her well-loved stuffed bunny, Kunoichi, to go to the park.On their way, Saya stealthily stops a fight by flinging her floppy four-legged ninja-bunny between two s...



  • Flock

    In this fantastical story, a flock of feathery friends show up for a feast! Lunch turns into bird food when a little girl starts feeding birds at the bus stop. First, a pigeon she names Serious comes pecking, and then Fancy and Sleepy gather to gobbl...

  • I Make Space

    This uniquely illustrated board book follows a young bunny through their day while they make space for themselves and others, delivering a straightforward but impactful message about boundaries and consent.Inspired by the idea of teaching very young ...

  • The Moon is a Silver Pond, The Sun is a Peach

    Reveling in metaphor, with two books in one, this flippable book encourages a magical leap of imagination and asks the reader to look at everyday objects from a different perspective. A young child skates, bakes and milks the cow while the moon wondr...

  • Union

    Key Selling Points A 15-year-old boy juggles work, sexual trauma and a new girlfriend in this novel in verse. The power of love to heal past wounds is the central theme. The author explores losing and doubting one's voice in an experimental narrative...

  • The Secret Office

    Key Selling Points The Secret Office shows how self-sufficient kids can be, as Allie and Henry use their problem-solving smarts throughout; the real-world setting will help empower readers to take on their own projects. Reflects the contemporary real...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sara Cassidy has published 24 books.

Sara Cassidy does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Secret Office, was published in August 2024.

The first book by Sara Cassidy, Slick, was published in October 2010.

No. Sara Cassidy does not write books in series.
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