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. Daisy and Emily in Sleepovers. From the beginning, Daisy is very keen on being Emily's 'best friend', and the way it's set out with Alpha Bitch Chloe already being Emily's 'best friend' is very reminiscent to a Love Triangle. What's more, in the same book, Amy and Bella look set to be the Beta Couple. I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it.”

Annoying Younger Sibling: Many characters qualify with this, such as Vita and Maxie to Em in "Clean Break" and Kenny to Jayni in "Lola Rose". Sometimes the protagonists only see them as this because they are often made to look after them on their own. In The Illustrated Mum, both Star and Dolphin call Marigold by her first name, but they don't draw too much attention to it. Perry in The Primrose Railway Children sometimes comes across as younger than his little sister Phoebe in some of his behaviours, i.e, demanding to do things right away, repeating sentences over and over, having a meltdown if he gets overwhelmed or completely failing to grasp the danger of entering a tunnel while a train is coming through it. However much of this behaviour is consistent with him being on the autism spectrum and in other respects he can come across as quite mature for his age. The title character of Amber briefly gets involved with Dave, who's at least twenty years older than she, when she believes she's pregnant and he offers to marry her and raise the baby with her. The relationship ends pretty much instantly when she finds out there is no baby. Russell in the Girls series is considerably bigger than Ellie and at one point says he likes how small she is. This pleases Ellie, who's always felt bigger and uglier than Nadine and Magda.

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Cam's friends Jane and Liz in the Tracy Beaker series (who, as of My Mum Tracy Beaker, are seemingly married) are an example of the same gender. Jane is described as tall and heavyset while Liz is short. Charlie's character Lottie in "The Lottie Project" had an alcoholic abusive father who kept the family in poverty and had recently died.

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."Girl on Girl Is Hot: Apparently, all the high school boys in Love Frankie think this. When they hear about Frankie and Sally's kiss on New Years, they all want them to kiss again so they can watch. One boy even asks Frankie out just because he wants details. Weaves plenty of plot strands in a very short space, and leaves us smiling at the end. Which is definitely the way to do it Daily Telegraph Phoebe in The Primrose Railway Children is the closest to her father, being the youngest and fond of playing imaginary games unlike her teenage sister and Literal-Minded brother. She takes it the hardest when she learns he is in prison, during which time she briefly decides she never wants to see him again.

In Waiting For the Sky to Fall, Katherine is her father's favourite, but this has the negative effect of causing him to put her under intense pressure to do well in her exams. 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. Charlie in The Lottie Project takes this stance and even has a girls' club about how girls are better than boys. She also wanted to extend the rules to men but her best friends argued this. However, she does soften later in the book, making friends with Jamie Edwards and tolerating Mark because she wants his son Robin to like her.Although they aren't actually related, Hetty and Diamond consider themselves sisters and Hetty is very protective of Diamond. Tracy Beaker, and Elsie in Queenie, end up being taken into children's homes because they had been left at home alone by their mothers (although in Elsie's case, she's able to go and live with her grandmother.) In Midnight, the heroine's brother was adopted because he looked exactly like their parents' first baby, who died