The Chocolate Box Girls: Coco Caramel 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. Michael
   on 3 June 2013

   The magic penny

   Once there lived a very rich family.Therewer

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What kids think

1. doglover
   on 26 August 2019

   I loved this book and I loved the horse to! I have read most of the Chocolate box girls but this is my favorite

   5out of 5

2. Iloveanimals-77
   on 23 May 2015

   On the whole I liked this book. It is a good portrayal of how we should not judge others mixed with horses and banter to not sound so instructive! It is the story of 12- year old tomboy Coco who is a feisty horse- lover who dislikes Lawrie Marshall! But when they work together to save a horse Coco realizes there’s more to lawrie than firs meets the eye.. It upset me though at the end, though. It shoed Coco and Lawrie getting closer and closer.. I mean even him wrapping his arms around her on a horse.at the end she say? she says(after blushing when ever she sees him) she doesn’t want to be his girlfriend! So a bit of an anti- climax after what they geared you up for… but good on the whole, maybe best for pre- teens.

   3out of 5

3. flipflop11
   on 5 September 2014

   Amazing!!! I absolutely love the Chocolate box girls series!!! I really like Coco, she loves animals and hopes to change the world with panda cupcakes and loads of determination!!! This is the fourth book in this gorgeous series and is about Caramel, Coco’s favourite horse. With the help of the moodiest boy in school coco must save Caramel from her cruel owner. A brilliant story!!!

   5out of 5

4. tomgates27
   on 17 March 2014

   loved it this author is great i love her books

   4out of 5

5. aapatel
   on 6 March 2014

   i love this book cathy cassidy rocks omg i thought coco and lawrie were going to fall in love but anyways still rocks

   5out of 5

6. Catherine0703
   on 6 March 2014

   I absolutely love the chocolate box girls series

7. Celine1
   on 5 March 2014

   Love this book and Cathy Cassidy reccomend this book to anyone It’s really funny and interesting. And I think if you read most of Cathy Cassidy’s other books I think you’ll like this one

8. ozzyozlem
   on 17 July 2013

   Its amazing!!!

   5out of 5

9. pizza350
   on 9 July 2013

   this book is a great book and l loved it especially when the boy tries to kiss her!

   5out of 5

10. sopsicles
    on 5 July 2013

    Cant wait to read this!!!!!! :)

11. Loveonew
    on 15 June 2013

    I haven’t read this book yet, but like all cathy cassidy’s books i think i will love it. the beginning is so good i can’t wait to read it .

    5out of 5

12. FireRose
    on 14 June 2013

    I loved I just want to read it again its such a great book girls your gonna love it IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    5out of 5

13. Magicme11
    on 14 June 2013

    I’m not the fondest of Cathy Cassidy even so I enjoyed this book.

    3out of 5

14. anna6
    on 10 June 2013

    CREAMY CHOCLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15. nellyanna1
    on 3 June 2013

    Absolutely LOVED this book! Finished it in less than a day because it was actually impossible to put down! A thrilling adventure story with a sprinkling of romance!

    5out of 5