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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. Old Maid: It is mentioned in Clover Moon that Mildred was considered this in her early thirties, and married Clover's father just to avoid the stigma. Hetty Feather does this twice: looking for her mother in Hetty Feather, and her father in Emerald Star. She finds both. 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. Although they aren't actually related, Hetty and Diamond consider themselves sisters and Hetty is very protective of Diamond.

An early novel that Wilson based on this theme was Amber, in which the title character struggles to lead a normal life in spite of her mother's irresponsible hippy/"groupie" lifestyle. Sixteen-year-old Cassie in Opal Plumstead falls in love with Daniel Evandale, who is more than twice her age. This reaches a climax when Cassie runs away to live with him, since her mother disapproves. Breakout Character - Hetty Feather, who has overtaken Tracy Beaker as Wilson's best known/most popular character. Word of God even states that Hetty is her favorite character. Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.

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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. Marigold mentions that her mother was abusive, and she spent most of her childhood in care homes. She expresses a fear that she is also one later on. Freudian Excuse: Selma from The Butterfly Club is a bully because her mother and stepfather abuse 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. I Just Want to Be Normal - Barbara in Deep Blue has spent her life training to be an Olympic diving champion, and feels that she has missed out on "normal" experiences as a result. This trope causes her to use a minor accident at the pool as an excuse to quit diving so that she can attend parties and hang out with boys like a regular girl of her age.

In Little Darlings, Destiny does get to meet her father, but she's fully aware that the meeting is basically a cynical public relations exercise on his part - she doesn't mind because she at least gets a chance to sing. Inspirationally Disadvantaged - Defied by Katy, Wilson's modern re-imagining of What Katy Did. Wilson has publicly stated that she is concerned about the original novel (as well as other children's classics such as The Secret Garden and Heidi) giving the message that disabled people can physically heal by learning to become "good." Honorary Uncle: Mona in Dancing The Charleston considers Mr Benjamin one. He is eventually revealed to be her real uncle.Katie in The Suitcase Kid is implied to have eventually told the adults that Andy had left the house at night and was later mentioned to have been in tears, suggesting it was out of genuine worry. She also stopped taunting Andy when she realised she was serious about going out, telling her that she was just making things up to annoy her. No Social Skills: A huge part of Prudence's problems in Love Lessons, when she is incapable of fitting in with others thanks to years of homeschooling and her own rather headstrong attitude. Ironically, her younger sister ends up happy and makes friends easily even though she is frequently considered 'slow' by her family. In Waiting For the Sky to Fall, Katherine is her father's favourite, but this has the negative effect of causing him to put her under intense pressure to do well in her exams.