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Honorary Uncle: Mona in Dancing The Charleston considers Mr Benjamin one. He is eventually revealed to be her real uncle. Market-Based Title: Elsa, Star of the Shelter was changed to The Bed and Breakfast Star in reprints, to reflect the change in accommodation offered to families like Elsa's. 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. Extreme Doormat: Violet views her mother this way, noting she does everything her father says and never retaliates when he belittles her and is depressed to note that she behaves similarly around Will and resolves to be stronger than her mother.

Downer Ending - Not unheard of, particularly in My Sister Jodie, even if the birth of May adds a note of hope. Another book not immune to this was Lily Alone: whilst the books ends with Lily claiming that "we're all going to be together, very, very soon", just how accurate her statement is is left extremely ambiguous. Especially given the fact that Kate, Lily and her siblings mother is arrested for both child neglect and credit card fraud, so social services might not trust her to be a parent. Strawman Has a Point: Marnie and Terry aren't wrong when they point out Jasmine is arrogant and selfish, but Violet doesn't care. The Münchausen - Tracy Beaker, sort of. The tall tales she tells are about her mother rather than herself. Girl on Girl Is Hot: Apparently, all the high school boys in Love Frankie think this. When they hear about Frankie and Sally's kiss on New Years, they all want them to kiss again so they can watch. One boy even asks Frankie out just because he wants details. Love Frankie focuses on Frankie falling in love with Sally and eventually coming out as a lesbian (although her family thinks she's too young to know that for sure.)

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Deconstructed with Jayni in Lola Rose who does love her dad, but can't get away from the fact that he's very violent to her mother (and has threatened Jayni himself), despite frequently proclaiming how much he loves his children. She also feels under pressure to act like this trope in case he gets angry with her for not showing enough affection. Always Identical Twins: Ruby and Garnet. Averted in The Butterfly Club where triplets Tina, Maddie and Phil are not identical because Tina is considerably smaller than the other two. Wilson's earlier novels were more prone to the Downer Ending; since she hit the big time with the first Tracy Beaker book, a Bittersweet Ending is more common.

In Lola Rose, Nikki fell for Jay and got pregnant with Jayni when she was only seventeen, but Jay began to abuse Nikki shortly after Jayni was born and he eventually turns on Jayni too, forcing Nikki to run away with Jayni and Kenny to protect them from him. 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 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. In Kiss, Sylvie has always believed herself to be in love with Carl and believed he'd eventually return her affections. When he comes out as gay, she then has to deal with the fact that the future she envisaged for them isn't going to come true. Miss Hope in Rent-a-Bridesmaid, though she prefers to keep her private life separate from her role as a teacher, is very kind and understanding towards Tilly.

Does Not Like Men: Jan in Falling Apart is an avowed feminist, dislikes men, and refuses to hang around with boys. When Simon tells Tina he only dated her because of a bet with a friend, he says he was dared to ask out her or Jan but Tina was obviously easier to get. Several of Wilson's other heroines also have dead mothers, including Verity ( The Cat Mummy) and Ruby and Garnet ( Double Act.) Tracy Beaker, who was abandoned by her mother, may count as well, and Allison in The Other Side whose mother is mentally ill and goes into hospital at the start of the book. Violet has a brother called Will, Will was very odd. Once when Jasmine was at Violets house they decided to play truth or dare, Violet, Jasmine and Will. While playing Violet discovers that her brother Will was adopted! When it's Violets turn to play she has to do a dare and so she does, when she is comming up stairs she see's Will and Jasmine kissing!

Barbara's father in Deep Blue uses his daughter to vicariously live out his own dreams of Olympic stardom, completely disregarding her wish to lead a normal teenage life. Embarrassing Damp Sheets: Happens to many characters when they become stressed. However, this happens regularly to Kevin in Wave Me Goodbye. He eventually manages to overcome it by getting up every two hours. Meaningful Name - In The Illustrated Mum, it turns out that Dolphin was named for the fact that her father was the one who finally taught Marigold how to swim. This is especially heartwarming because Marigold claims to not remember much about him. 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. Leans more towards the positive however; Andy starts getting along much better with her step-siblings (especially Graham), befriends a kind elderly couple- who serve as surrogate grandparents in her life, and even welcomes her new half-sister into her life!

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Lily and her siblings are forgiving of their mother in Lily Alone, despite the fact that their problems were both directly and indirectly her fault. Social Services and the police, not so much. Tina's mother in Falling Apart still hasn't recovered from her son's death seven years ago, and makes Tina feel very unloved because of it. It's drawn to attention several times that she never directly looks at Tina when speaking to her. When Tina unsuccessfully attempts suicide, her mother reacts harshly, to the point that it seems she wasn't even worried about her daughter dying and just angry that she'd try to kill herself. Dixie in the finale of The Diamond Girls, after catching Mary and breaking both legs. Her mother reassures her that she's young and will heal in no time. In Katy, Katy states that she thinks her sister Clover is their father's favourite child, although he says he doesn't have one. Tracy Beaker, and Elsie in Queenie, end up being taken into children's homes because they had been left at home alone by their mothers (although in Elsie's case, she's able to go and live with her grandmother.)

The art teacher in Girls Out Late. Ellie is thrilled when his girlfriend tells her she's his favourite student. He's also very considerate with Magda when she confesses her crush on him, dealing with the situation kindly and discreetly but professionally. In This Girl, Deb gives a little speech about how she refused to have an abortion on moral grounds, even though this left her as a penniless teenage single mother. Easily Embarrassed Youngster: Violet has a whole lot of things she finds embarrassing, mainly her love of the supernatural, the fact that she still plays with toys, the fact that she hasn't developed breasts yet, and the fact that she only has four non-family friends. Alpha Bitch: Justine in The Story of Tracy Beaker and My Mum Tracy Beaker, Kim in Bad Girls, Louise (she gets better) and Karen (she doesn't) in How to Survive Summer Camp, Chloe in Sleepovers, Rhiannon in Candyfloss, Skye in Cookie, Marilyn in Queenie, Sheila in Hetty Feather (who gets better by Sapphire Battersea.) Gina in Love Lessons and Eva in Katy are all examples. Sally from Love Frankie swings between this when she's around most people and Lovable Alpha Bitch when it's just her and Frankie. Freudian Excuse: Selma from The Butterfly Club is a bully because her mother and stepfather abuse her.Baby Love makes many comparisons between Laura's mother and Wilson's mother, including the whole class systems, her paying for Laura's glasses to have "fancy upswept frames" and even working similar hours. This may be subconscious, as Laura is a teenager around the same time as Wilson (they were both fourteen in 1960, when the story takes place). Lola Rose's father, who, like Cookie's, was initially abusive to her mom and later to her as well. It is implied that this is the reason that Lola Rose's mother gets cancer. My Mum Tracy Beaker is told from the perspective of Jess, Tracy Beaker's daughter, but the story is still about Tracy Beaker all the same. Examples include The Suitcase Kid where every chapter is named after a letter of the alphabet, starting with 'A is for Andy' and ending with 'Z is for Zoe'