Best Friends

Product Information

Another example that's a major plot point is Katy. Katy goes out on her own when she's supposed to be grounded, tries to build herself a rope swing - and falls off, severing her spine and paralysing herself for life. The trope is lampshaded by Helen later on when she points out that most kids would only have broken an arm or leg when they fell. Polly from Hetty Feather is particularly kind, proper and sensitive, contrasted with fiery ambitious Hetty - in fact, her sensitivity is the catalyst to their friendship. Paparazzi - In Little Darlings, Destiny's celebrity dad has been getting negative press attention from them, so decides to use her in a PR stunt to improve his image. Lethally Stupid: The Longest Whale Song features a scene where Ella tries to swim like a whale, and almost drowns because she doesn't realize humans have a different lung capacity, and doesn't come up for air when she needs to. Ella is implied to be at an age where this kind of misconception is likely. Ella's behaviour throughout the book is consistent with her age being the reason for many of her flawed actions.

Can't Get Away with Nuthin' - Very common, especially in Tracy Beaker books. An example spanning a whole book is Take a Good Look. Mary defies her grandmother's instructions not to go out alone just once (so she can go to buy sweets at a shop that's only a few minutes away - and ends up being taken hostage by armed robbers. Drives the plot of Falling Apart. Tina falls for the older, more socially advanced Simon and soon convinces herself that he is the love of her life. She is unable to see that he is not the person she thinks he is, and that to him their relationship is just a casual fling. It doesn't end well when he breaks up with her. In The Dream Palace Lolly has an affair with Greg: an adult who's illegally "squatting" in an abandoned building and walks out on his previous girlfriend for her. He then stabs and seriously wounds her stepfather, forcing Lolly to go on the run with Greg, who suggests she become a prostitute to bring in money. The situation becomes so unbearable for Lolly that even though she still believes she loves Greg, she ends up handing him over to the police just to be able to return to a normal life.

Perry in The Primrose Railway Children sometimes comes across as younger than his little sister Phoebe in some of his behaviours, i.e, demanding to do things right away, repeating sentences over and over, having a meltdown if he gets overwhelmed or completely failing to grasp the danger of entering a tunnel while a train is coming through it. However much of this behaviour is consistent with him being on the autism spectrum and in other respects he can come across as quite mature for his age. Prudence is her father's favourite in Love Lessons, but he barely treats her any better than her mother or sister. Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition - In Midnight, Violet owns a first edition copy of The Smoke Fairy by Casper Dream, which is now highly prized by collectors (it is his first published work and only a few copies exist, as it was subsequently banned from sale.) Violet's aware of how valuable it would be, but treasures it so much that she will never sell it. Em in "Clean Break" is associated with hippos; she has a large, chunky frame and school bullies often refer to her as "The Hippo". Although they're the same age, Phil and Maddie react this way whenever they think Tina is threatened. It is not stated which triplet is the eldest, but justified since Tina is the smallest and weakest.

Devil in Plain Sight - Dustbin Baby mentions that April was frequently tormented by a girl at the care home where she used to live, with all the carers seemingly blind to this and thinking the girls were best friends, until April pushed the girl down the stairs and put her in hospital. In Cookie, Beauty considers not inviting Skye to her birthday party and tearing up the invitation in front of her class, but sees how desperate she is to attend and invites her, despite how mean she is. April's friends in Dustbin Baby think it's cool that April calls Marion by her first name, but they don't know that she's actually a foster parent (which is why she'd rather April call her by name). In Katy, Katy's parents are suspicious of her new friend Imogen partly because Imogen calls her father by his given name.Book Ends - Queenie begins with Elsie planning to go to the coronation of Elizabeth II with her grandmother; and ends sixty years later when Elsie expresses the hope that she'll live long enough to take her own granddaughter to Prince Charles's coronation.

One-Night-Stand Pregnancy: Happens in Baby Love. Leon and Laura meet once, then Leon disappears from the story and he's never seen again, while Laura has to deal with her pregnancy, even though she's only fourteen. Dull Eyes of Unhappiness - In Dustbin Baby, April goes to visit the grave of her adoptive mother, whose headstone has a picture of her on her wedding day. April notes how bright her adoptive mother's eyes are in the picture, and sadly reflects that they didn't look at all like that when April knew her. Broken Pedestal: Phoebe in The Primrose Railway Children looks up to her dad, but she becomes disillusioned and angry when she finds out he's in prison and doesn't even want to visit him. Honorary Uncle: Mona in Dancing The Charleston considers Mr Benjamin one. He is eventually revealed to be her real uncle. In the book, the girls' birthday is 3rd of July. In the TV series their birthday is 24th of December.Floss is very close with her father, Charlie, so much so that her mother seems jealous at times of their bond. The fact that she chooses to stay with him instead of going to Australia with her mother is proof enough, although she makes it clear that his disorganized lifestyle and chip-related work leads to problems in Floss' school and social life throughout the book. The Longest Whale Song has Ella almost drown when trying to swim underwater and not coming up for air early enough because a whale wouldn't need to, apparently not understanding that humans have a different lung capacity. Even when she hears that she nearly drowned, she feels confused because she was only underwater for a minute. Punny Name - Billy "Biscuits" McVitie, since McVitie is one of the biggest biscuit-making companies in Britain. Grass Is Greener: In This Girl, the heroine, fed up with her impoverished existence, becomes a nanny for a rich family who live in a grand house. She soon finds out their life is not as picture-perfect as she thought.