Cliffhanger (Biscuit Barrel, 2)

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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. Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments A man in Wave Me Goodbye gives Kevin and Shirley a ride. It is not stated outright, but it seems as if he has these intentions towards ten-year-old Shirley.

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. Her Code Name Was "Mary Sue": In The Worst Thing About My Sister, Marty creates a superhero named "Mighty Mart", which is clearly based on herself. The parents of The Suitcase Kid use their daughter as little more than an inconvenient chess piece. Though they equally love their daughter, and are both horrified when she goes missing at night (even getting the police to form a search party). Nadine repeatedly goes for bad boys in the Girls series and every time, Ellie and Magda have to come and bail her out, the shining example of this is when Nadine chats to a stranger online in Girls In Tears and he writes Erotica about her, only for it to turn out he's not seventeen but a man in his fifties when she meets him in person.Handicapped Badass - Mary in Take a Good Look, a partially sighted teen who escapes armed robbers holding her hostage.

Mandy in Bad Girls fantasizes about having young, "cool" parents and imagines that she'd call them by name.

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. Pet the Dog: At the end of The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy gives Justine her favorite pen despite the latter being so nasty. Daisy's parents in Sleepovers are actually attentive (they have to be, since one of their daughters is severely disabled), but it's mentioned they often have private arguments over her mother's refusal to accept Lily will never be able to walk or talk.