Angel Cake Award-winning author by Cathy Cassidy (author)

Author/Illustrator

Cathy Cassidy

Cathy Cassidy’s stirring teen novels have a huge following. Their optimism, realism and empathy explain their popularity, especially with girls, and are perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson.

More about Cathy: “I was born in 1962 in Coventry (scarily ancient, I know!). I wrote my first picture book for my little brother when I was eight or nine. I loved making comics, too – pages and pages of picture stories, features and competitions. I’d sell my homemade comic to a friend for 5p, then claim it back and sell it again to someone else,they didn’t have photocopiers back then!

I went to Art College in Liverpool, then got a job as fiction editor on the fab and legendary Jackie magazine. Later, I married my boyfriend Liam, went back to college and trained to be an art teacher. I taught in a Coventry secondary school for a few years, which I loved, then moved to Scotland with Liam to start a family.

My kids are 13 and 14 years old now, and the four of us live in a cottage in the Galloway hills with sheep and cows for neighbours. As well as writing books, I am the agony aunt on Shout magazine and sometimes teach art in the local primary schools, which is great fun and keeps me sane. (Well, maybe!)

I’ve been veggie for 30 years, and was vegan for 8 of them – a chocolate-eating vegan, like Storm! I love old clothes, old toys, cars, books. We have three cats, two rabbits and a mad, hairy lurcher called Kelpie (the model for Leggit in my book Dizzy).

I love my family, I love living in the middle of nowhere and I love my work. Of all my jobs, writing has to be the best – it’s the perfect excuse to daydream, after all!”

Reviews

1. Nafisah
   on 8 December 2014

   Angle Cake

   The novel starts with Anya the polish girl who hates living in small ugly apartment on top of a chip and she doesn't comfortable in her new school where most of the pupils are wild and scary . Anya starts to meet new friends and even get a new boyfriend too. She doesn't know when she is going to move into a house that isn't on top of a take way .

   5 out of 5

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What kids think

1. MasGirl11
   on 18 November 2016

   I loved this book. Dan and Anya are a perfect couple. I love it soo much I ready it twice in one week. My most favorite parts are when Dan and Anya share romantic moments.

   Cathy you rock

   5 out of 5

2. JapaneseStar
   on 30 September 2014

   This book was amazing I couldn’t stop reading it, it’s all about a girl called Anya and her family including Kazia her little sister, and her mum who lived in Krakow and moved to Liverpool so they could start a new life with their dad who already lived in Liverpool because of his job.

   5 out of 5

3. Awesomeyular
   on 9 August 2014

   Angel Cake is about a polish girl called Anya who moves to England from Krakow, Poland. At first her life is tough because she can not speak very good English. Then Dan comes into her life and everything changes…

   5 out of 5

4. Dolphin0
   on 31 July 2014

   Lov this book! Is Good!

5. emer2k14
   on 13 May 2014

   one of the best books I ever read its a must read

6. AngelofDeath
   on 9 March 2014

   Sounds interesting

7. Book-Lover1234
   on 8 March 2014

   Angel Cake is such a loving story! It didn’t want it to end!!! You open the book while you open this other world where Angel Cake unfolds in front of you! Simply fantastic read!

8. Amy12322
   on 26 February 2014

   It is the best

9. xoluchix
   on 1 September 2013

   haven’t read it yet…....... looks really good though

10. Too-Amazayn
    on 9 March 2013

    I like this one, it’s different from normal ones because you see it from the perspective of a girl that’s trying to fit in to a different culture.

11. natashakrywald
    on 8 March 2013

    good book

12. xxChocolateBoxGirlxx
    on 5 March 2013

    Fantastic!!! this book is about a girl who moves from Krakow in Poland to Liverpool to start a new life. Anya thinks that it will be great, but when she gets there all is not as it seems… She moves into a beat-down flat with her family, kids are setting fire to the school, and maybe one boy she thought liked her liked someone else. This is based on a true story, must read!!! :D

13. stupendousteen
    on 4 March 2013

    i love this book. it is like i am anya. i know how she felt because i know how hard it is to fit into a new school.

    5 out of 5

14. TheMileLongBookshelfBlog
    on 4 March 2013

    From the outside, Anya seemed like a sweet, shy, quiet girl. To some people, she might have even seemed stuck up and posh. But inside, she was normal and just wanted life to be good again; she wanted life to be how it was in dreams. She was a great character and I empathised with her well.

    This book was really good. It was written brilliantly and it was as if you were there, watching everything that happened to Anya and her family. This is one of my favourite books by Cathy Cassidy! My favourite character was Frankie, one of Anya’s new friends, because she was really cool and funny and didn’t care what anybody else thought, which is a great message for readers. She also helped Anya and gave her advice when she didn’t know what to do.

15. maevelove
    on 12 March 2012

    This is one of my favourite Cathy Cassidy books!!! and i would recommend it!!

    5 out of 5

16. cowmoo1170
    on 3 March 2012

    I love this book, probably my favourite book by her. I recommend it if you like Jacqueline Wilson!

    5 out of 5

17. mutemath4ever
    on 2 March 2012

    This is a really good book, it totally changed my perspective. I know a girl who is Polish and couldn’t speak very much English and when i read this book it made me realize how hard it must have been for her. Great read ages 11+

18. lemonhoneysss10
    on 2 March 2012

    Older girls will love this book! Cathy Cassidy writes it brilliantly

    4 out of 5

19. eva11
    on 2 March 2012

    Angel Cake is an epic book. It is really real life but is actually quite sad. Anya is an amazing character, who emigrates to Liverpool from Poland. She feels really left out, but because of her great personality, she easily makes friends

    5 out of 5

20. flossy1998
    on 19 September 2011

    Ms Cassidy,is the one to watch!

    I am going to give this book a 5/5 because what is their not to like about the book? It’s about,romance,friendship and futures. This book is HONESTLY amazing,Ms Cassidy is like a younger version of Ms Wilson. I can’t explain the book in depth or I will just give it away , but if you have not read this book essshhh my friend what are you waiting for?

    Overall the best Cassidy book I have read SO FAR. There is more to come trusss =]

    P.S It has recipes on how to make delious cakes at the back of the book!

    5 out of 5