Clean Break

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The children go and visit Frankie at the home of his new partner Sarah, but she is rude, selfish and obnoxious. On a visit they take to a park, Em, Vita and Maxie are astounded to find their Dad passionately kissing Sarah, in a way that he would never do to their mum.Sarah is an aspiring actress and both she and Frankie move to Scotland quite soon into their relationship.

Brother–Sister Team - Violet and Will in Midnight, Hetty and Jem/Gideon in Hetty Feather, Dorry and Jonnie in Katy. An early novel that Wi 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. Katy's father in Waiting For the Sky to Fall, and Prue's father in Love Lessons, are extremely controlling, demanding and emotionally abusive towards their children. Maxie – Em's wimpy half brother who was given a set of expensive felt tip pens for Christmas. He potentially has a developmental disability—for example he does not want to sleep in a proper bed, he hates pyjamas, and is a fussy eater due to sensory issues. When sadness breaks up their family, he covers up his emotions by pretending he's forgotten all about his father. However, one day, Em finds that the reason his special felt tips are all dried up even though she rarely ever sees him drawing is because he is writing letters to his beloved Dad. Maxie is very innocent and loves his family with all of his heart.Jerkass: Sarah is a rude, snarky woman who doesn't even try to interact with her stepchildren, and puts them down.

Childhood Marriage Promise - In Hetty Feather, Hetty has one with Jem (and is upset when she learns that he subsequently promised to marry another of their foster sisters.) Sylvie and Carl had one in Kiss, but Carl later discovers he is gay, leading to heartbreak for Sylvie who had always believed he would grow up to fall in love with her. 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.

In Double Act, Ruby cuts all her hair to make her look different from her twin sister. This signals how the twins are starting to become more individual. Garnet tries to copy Ruby but Ruby threatens her not to. Baby Love only mentions Leon pulling at Laura's clothes before she pushes him off and runs away, and then she recounts what happened in her head to make it clear what actually happened. There may be some kind of Bilingual Bonus here, as it implies that he asked for permission in French, but Laura didn't understand one of the words, assuming it meant "cuddle". There's a few other instances in different books, such as Treasure's stepfather from Secrets and Dixie's father from The Diamond Girls also having the same name, but in most cases, one of the characters has so little impact on the story (or they are referred to by a different name) that it doesn't cause confusion. Jenna Williams – Em's favourite author, who makes an appearance in the book. Jacqueline Wilson has said that this character is based on herself. [2]

In Katy, Katy states that she thinks her sister Clover is their father's favourite child, although he says he doesn't have one.The sale of customised goods or perishable goods, sealed audio or video recordings, or software, which has been opened.