Cliffhanger (Biscuit Barrel, 2)

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Retcon - Billy "Biscuits" gets a change of surname between Buried Alive/Cliffhanger (his first appearances) and Best Friends, where he reappears as a main character in a book unrelated to the previous two.

There's little chance that you'll read the section about the blindfold game and not at least suspect that Will's a sadist.

Jacqueline Wilson DBE, FRSL (née Aitken, born 17 December 1945) is a bestselling British author who has written a huge amount of novels for children and teenagers.

Lampshaded in Katy, where Katy states that Dorry (Dorian) and Jonnie (Johanna-with-a-silent-H) go by nickname because their full names are so silly. Brother–Sister Team - Violet and Will in Midnight, Hetty and Jem/Gideon in Hetty Feather, Dorry and Jonnie in Katy. Meaningful Name - In The Illustrated Mum, it turns out that Dolphin was named for the fact that her father was the one who finally taught Marigold how to swim. In The Other Side, Allison's father expects her to conveniently fit into his new family, chastising her when she doesn't; with little sympathy for her high stress at having to unexpectedly move home after her mother was taken into hospital. This changes at the end of Series 3 when she, Gideon, and Sheila leave the hospital for their services.Paparazzi - In Little Darlings, Destiny's celebrity dad has been getting negative press attention from them, so decides to use her in a PR stunt to improve his image. Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants.

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. Jayni/Lola and Kenny see her as this trope, especially when she uses her skill in Thai boxing to get their abusive father to leave. Perry in The Primrose Railway Children sometimes comes across as younger than his little sister Phoebe in some of his behaviours, i. Not So Different" Remark: Ella in The Longest Whale Song overhears her friend Sally talking about how she's become mean and moody after her mother's coma and hears another girl Dory agree that her friend Martha was "just the same.Floss in Candyfloss sees her half-brother Tiger mainly as this, though she acknowledges that it's not his fault as he is just a baby and softens up to him when she realises she'll miss him in Australia.

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. Dixie finds out her dad's current wife has recently had another baby as well, meaning she has two siblings a decade younger than she. Falling Apart implies Simon may have lost interest in Tina because he's secretly in a relationship with his friend Adam. Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane - The Power of the Shade and The Other Side, where it's left open to the reader whether May and Alison really have supernatural powers (although the latter book more strongly implies that Alison uses fantasies of astral projection as a coping mechanism. As a result, she's noticeably immature for her age, which is part of the reason Kim and her gang bully her.She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. Punny Name - Billy "Biscuits" McVitie, since McVitie is one of the biggest biscuit-making companies in Britain. 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. Lily’s mother in Lily Alone was only 15 when she had Lily, and is implied to be very codependent on men, resulting in three more children.