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National Stereotypes: Referenced and averted in Secrets when India says that you might think her au pair, who's Australian, would be cheerful, suntanned and outgoing. She is actually sullen, pale-skinned and doesn't like talking to anyone - usually leaving India alone to do what she likes.

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.” Drugs Are Bad - In Rose Rivers, Nurse Budd uses a medicine to keep Beth compliant. Beth keeps asking for more, and Rose becomes concerned that there's something wrong. She eventually discovers that the substance has Opium in it, and Beth has become addicted to it. The doctor states that Rose may have saved her life by consulting him. Examples include The Suitcase Kid where every chapter is named after a letter of the alphabet, starting with 'A is for Andy' and ending with 'Z is for Zoe' Book Ends - Queenie begins with Elsie planning to go to the coronation of Elizabeth II with her grandmother; and ends sixty years later when Elsie expresses the hope that she'll live long enough to take her own granddaughter to Prince Charles's coronation. 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.Calling the Old Man Out: Knowing full well her father will beat her mother the moment she and Kenny go to bed, Jayni yells at him how she hates him for ruining everything. This is the catalyst that prompts him to hit her for the first time and for Nikki to run away with the kids. Phoebe in The Primrose Railway Children makes up and draws a story about a nineteenth-century family, clearly based upon her own family. The main character Philomena is "breathtakingly beautiful," clever and a favourite with everybody. Mandy in Bad Girls is very sheltered and her parents make her dress like a much younger child. As a result, she's noticeably immature for her age, which is part of the reason Kim and her gang bully her. Frankie's friend Sam in Love, Frankie believes he's fallen in love with her, but as Frankie comes to realise she is a lesbian, Sam has to accept that she'll never return his feelings. Big Brother Bully: Will to Violet, rather disturbingly so, a standout example being when he blindfolds Violet and leads her into the neighbour's abandoned house and their bat-filled loft.

Baby Love only mentions Leon pulling at Laura's clothes before she pushes him off and runs away, and then she recounts what happened in her head to make it clear what actually happened. There may be some kind of Bilingual Bonus here, as it implies that he asked for permission in French, but Laura didn't understand one of the words, assuming it meant "cuddle". Dixie in the finale of The Diamond Girls, after catching Mary and breaking both legs. Her mother reassures her that she's young and will heal in no time. False Friend: Violet wonders if Jasmine was this, using her to get close to Will like Marnie and Terry. Jasmine admits that she did want to get to know Will but that she really did, and still does, consider Violet her best friend, recalling that she didn't even know Violet had a brother when she first asked to be friends in the classroom. Mab in Project Fairy mentions that her little brother is so popular with his classmates that both the girls and boys want him to be their "boyfriend." Martha in The Longest Whale Song repeatedly taunts Ella that her mother will be in a coma indefinitely but after seeing how her mother and stepfather treat her, Ella realises that she's being horrible because she's unhappy.Later on, Violet's father says that they are to go to their Gran's house to wish her a happy birthday, but Will refuses because how she had charmlessly told him that he was adopted. Violet's dad gets mad and when Violet says no as well, he is ready to hit them. But doesn't. Violet's mother - as usual - gives in and makes a fuss when she finds out that they both are not going. In the end, they leave without them. Will and Violet start playing 'Truth or Dare and Will asks Violet if she could have a love affair with anyone, who would it be? Violet hesitates and eventually answers Casper Dream. Violet repeats the question to Will but before he can answer, Jasmine calls and asks for help with her homework. Much to Violet's surprise, as he hates for her to have friends over, Will invites Jasmine himself. And Now for Someone Completely Different - Diamond, the fourth in the Hetty Feather series, switches to the perspective of new protagonist Ellen Jane. Implied to have been the case with Katy's parents in Katy; Katy's father has gray hair and is a senior doctor (suggesting he is middle-aged) whereas her mother is described as having been very young. His second wife Izzie is also mentioned as being much younger than him. In This Girl, Deb gives a little speech about how she refused to have an abortion on moral grounds, even though this left her as a penniless teenage single mother.