Brother–Sister Team - Violet and Will in Midnight, Hetty and Jem/Gideon in Hetty Feather, Dorry and Jonnie in Katy. Em's biological father was a "violent nutter" (although a meeting with him shows that he's most likely changed, having a new wife and kids he's fine with), and while Vita's father Frankie in Clean Break may not be physically abusive, but he is a "sleazy charmer" with major commitment issues and is completely oblivious to the pain he is causing to his wife and kids. The main character is a young girl named Emily, who lives with her mother Julie, her half sister Vita, and her half brother Maxie in their grandmother Ellen's house. Although her dad is technically only her stepfather, Em and her siblings all love him completely. Em is highly sensitive and is very insecure about her weight. On Christmas Day, Em, Vita and Maxie receive their presents. Vita receives a reindeer hand-puppet called Dancer (owing to the reindeer wearing a tutu and ballet shoes), Maxie gets a set of Caran D'Ache felt tip pens and Em gets an 'emerald' ring.

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. Jailbait Taboo: Some of the other girls in Baby Love are likely to have gotten their children this way, but Sarah in particular tells Laura that her baby's father was a Sunday School teacher. Tragically, she believes she made him do it because he was attracted to her and prays every night to make sure no other men are attracted to her. She may be at the age of consent, but the attitudes of the time make it this.Honorary Uncle: Mona in Dancing The Charleston considers Mr Benjamin one. He is eventually revealed to be her real uncle. My Beloved Smother - Mandy in Bad Girls has one. Mary in Take a Good Look has a grandmother who won't let her do anything (use scissors, go to a nearby shop, or even get out of bed while she's recovering from a cold) because Mary is partially sighted. Miss Oliver from My Mum Tracy Beaker becomes this. She looks out for Jess and is very understanding when she gets popular after Tracy starts dating Sean and helping her after they break up. The two develop a friendship outside of school, especially after she and Cam become friends.

Lolly in The Dream Palace dearly loved her late father and fitted this trope when he was alive. In the present day, she's desperate to hang onto her memories of her relationship with him, and hangs around a now-disused hotel where he used to take her for tea. Subverted when Greg tries to help her re-live a day trip she took with her father, causing her to remember that he wasn't so perfect after all. In the Girls series, Ellie has a crush on a handsome guy who turns out to be gay, leading to embarrassment for her when she pretends to her friends that he is her boyfriend Dan (the real Dan being awkward and nerdy.) She and the gay guy do become good friends though. Never Learned to Talk: In Sleepovers, Daisy's sister Lily has never learned to talk because of her disability. Subverted in The Greatest Sleepover In the World, where Lily has now been taught to communicate via Makaton and become much more outgoing and sociable. Missing Mom - Hetty Feather centres around the heroine, an ostensibly abandoned Victorian girl, trying to find her mother. She does.Jacqueline is one of the nation’s favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has sold millions of books and in the UK alone the total now stands at over 35 million! Expy: Jenna Williams, Em's favourite author, is a paper-thin parody of Jacqueline Wilson, all the way down to her physical appearance. Helen has some shades of the trope, as she is a renowned academic and writer - although she makes it clear that she isn't a genius, and got where she is through hard work. 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."

Fairytale Motifs - Violet in Midnight, Ellie in the Girls series, May in The Power of the Shade, Opal in Opal Plumstead The idea that this is a concerning trope is voiced by Mrs Wilberforce in My Sister Jodie, who is confined to a wheelchair and is extremely bitter about it. Once Pearl reads The Secret Garden, she ends up reading two more books that feature protagonists similar to Colin who learn to walk after being confined to a wheelchair for a long time. The main character is a young girl called Emily, or Princess Emerald to her imaginative Dad, who lives with her mum Julie, her six-year-old half-sister Vita and her three-year-old half-brother Maxie in their grandmother Ellen's house. Although her dad is technically only her step-dad, Em and her siblings all love him completely. Emily is highly sensitive (as a lot of characters are), and is very insecure about her weight. On Christmas Day Emily and Vita and Maxie receive their presents. Vita gets a special reindeer hand-puppet which they name Dancer, Maxie gets a set of felt tip pens and Em gets an emerald ring. Later that day Em overhears a conversation her dad is having and realizes that he is having a secret affair. Emily confronts her father, and he owns up to his cheating, and by the next morning he has left. Jayni's mother in Lola Rose leaves her two young children alone while she works a bar job late at night, eventually leaving them for several days when she goes into hospital for an operation (although they are able to trace their estranged aunt, and get help.) Most on the time this isn't deliberate, though Jayni mentions that Nikki has often stayed out without warning, leaving her to look after her brother. Handicapped Badass - Mary in Take a Good Look, a partially sighted teen who escapes armed robbers holding her hostage.

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Parental Favoritism: Ellie worries that Eggs is both her father's and Anna's favourite. Nadine thinks that her sister Natasha is their parents' favorite, given that her mother is less harsh on Natasha than on Nadine herself.