My Sister Jodie

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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. 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. Full-Name Basis - In My Mum Tracy Beaker, Jess constantly refers to Tracy's boyfriend by his full name, despite everyone telling her she can call him by just his first name. This is meant to show that she doesn't feel comfortable around him, despite not knowing why. In Clean Break Em is reunited with her stepfather but comes to an understanding that things cannot be the same between him and the family again. She even tells her mum that "wishes never come true the way you want."

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A few weeks after the school has reopened, Mr. Wilberforce asks Jodie to tell all the little children a bed-time story, each night. Jodie, having fallen out with Jed and not fit in with her class, happily agrees. Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor responsible for the case, said: "Jodie was the entirely innocent 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). Joe - Pearl and Jodie's father. Joe adores Jodie and can never say no to her. He is the school caretaker. He is very good in woodwork and makes toys for Jodie and Pearl. Eye Scream: In Emerald Star, Gideon is discharged from the army because he lost an eye in the course of duty (and is close to losing the sight in the other one.) This apparently happened due to having so much guilt about shooting another man that he kept seeing it, so he attempted to blind himself.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! Louise James carries the remains of her son at his funeral in March 2016. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin Charlie's character Lottie in "The Lottie Project" had an alcoholic abusive father who kept the family in poverty and had recently died. Harriet, Freya, Sheba and Clarissa - Pearl's friends at school. Pearl likes Harriet the best but Clarissa can get really mean about Jodie. Doorstop Baby - April of Dustbin Baby, who as the title suggests was actually found abandoned in a bin.

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Another example that's a major plot point is Katy. Katy goes out on her own when she's supposed to be grounded, tries to build herself a rope swing - and falls off, severing her spine and paralysing herself for life. The trope is lampshaded by Helen later on when she points out that most kids would only have broken an arm or leg when they fell.May – The third daughter of Joe and Sharon, May is born at the end of the book. Pearl says that she is not like Jodie or like Pearl, but just like herself. Please see below for a video of 'My Sister Jodie' by Anna Lavelle created for The Book Video Awards 2009. Students of The National Film and Television School were asked to create Book trailers and this was the winner. The Award was sponsored by Play.com While floral tributes are often left at the scene, Covid-19 has restricted public commemorations as Louise James and her daughter, Ríoghnach mark today's fifth anniversary of the day when almost her entire family perished.