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Ironic Name: Prudence in Love Lessons, who is pretty much anything but a prude. Her teacher lampshades this. Similarly, her sister Grace is not particularly graceful. In Amber, Amber recounts a story of when she was younger (probably a pre-teen) and attracted the attention of a seemingly nice, much older man outside a chip shop; but he soon made her very uncomfortable with the way he was looking at her. 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. In Rent a Bridesmaid, Tilly mentions that "Auntie" Sue who takes care of her after school is not related to her, just a friend of her dad. Goods that by reason of their nature, cannot be returned - (Items such as underwear, where the 'hygiene patch' has been removed, or cosmetics where the seal has been broken).

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. 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. 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 In Katy, the title character is withdrawn from a class without the consent of, or even discussion with, the pupil and her family, purely on the say-so of somebody else's mother. 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.

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Attempted Rape - Magda in Girls Under Pressure. Particularly notable since Nadine was almost date-raped in Girls In Love. Cannot Tell a Joke: Elsa in The Bed and Breakfast Star is funny, but she tries to keep her sister happy by telling a bunch of awful jokes. She only begins to make people laugh when she's not trying. One-Steve Limit: Averted in different books - in both Queenie and Wave Me Goodbye, the protagonists mention they are bullied by an Alpha Bitch. Both characters are called Marilyn, and their surnames both start with H, and they both serve the same purpose. 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. Mr. Harrison from The Illustrated Mum is shown to be quite intelligent, and even manages to stop Dolphin and Oliver from getting into trouble with their teacher.

Hippie Parents: In Amber, Amber was raised in a commune by her hippie mother and is still there even though the '60s are long over. She is desperate for a "normal" home and lifestyle, which drives a lot of the story's conflict.The shift to Calender Hall also introduces a new cast of characters and stories that are original to the show. 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."

Em's grandmother, Ellen, also qualifies as this to Julie; while she can be short-tempered, her family's wellbeing is paramount to 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. Love Lessons is presented as one from Prue's perspective, because she doesn't end up with Mr. Raxberry, although adults reading the book would consider it a better ending for her than the alternative.Hugely popular with seven to ten year olds: she should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance Independent on Sunday Frankie (Dad) – Em's stepdad. Walks out on the family on Boxing Day to live with his new partner, Sarah. He is very affectionate and caring, yet what puzzles Em as much as us is that suddenly, he falls out of love with his wife, and their home is no longer special and loving. He apologises all the time, and he really means it, but he never explains why he left. Sometimes his children wonder if it's because he no longer loves them, and when they ask him if that is true he begins to cry and cuddles them close. Rebecca casts a 'curse' on a girl she dislikes in Glubbslyme, then feels awful when she twists her ankle and brings has a magical "poppet" to fix it.

Played with India in Secrets, who is very intelligent but sometimes veers into Innocently Insensitive behaviour. Some characters are more sympathetic about it than others. All the Girls books do this. Girls In Love names every chapter title after the numbers 1-9 as they relate to Ellie ("one girl", "two best friends" and so on); "Girls Under Pressure" has epithets such as "model girl" or "problem girl"; Girls Out Late themes its chapters around the concept of time and "Girls In Tears" around things that have made Ellie cry. Career Versus Family / Career Versus Man - Touched upon a few times in the Girls series. In Girls Out Late, Ellie, Nadine and Magda are upset when they discover that their favourite pop star has given up her career to please her boyfriend. In Girls in Tears, Anna's career is a source of friction between her and Ellie's father; and it's mentioned that Ellie's mother gave up a promising career to raise her daughter.

Tropes found in her works:

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.)