Cliffhanger (Biscuit Barrel, 2)

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In How to Survive Summer Camp, Stella lets Karen win a competition for Stella's expensive designer T-shirt because she feels guilty about falsely accusing Karen of a crime.

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. Love Father, Love Son - the title character in Amber has a short relationship with her mother's ex-boyfriend, who believes Amber is pregnant (though he's not the father), and wants to marry her and raise the baby together. Amber's mother isn't at all happy with this idea. Ironic Name: Prudence in Love Lessons, who is pretty much anything but a prude. Her teacher lampshades this. Similarly, her sister Grace is not particularly graceful.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. 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.

India from Secrets is overweight, but also comes top at school despite it being ultra-academic. At the end of the book, she mentions an IQ test she took, where she scored 150. Treasure and India in Secrets. In one scene, India imagines being jailed for hiding Treasure in her attic and then dreams about smuggling letters to her and then their reunion. She describes it in a way that could've been about a romantic partner, even though they've been friends for a very short time. The Diamond Girls has the protagonist's family in a constant state of upheaval due to their mother frequently changing boyfriends and moving her children to new homes. 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. He is so wrapped up in his new wife and stepchildren that he misses obvious signs Allison herself may be developing a mental health problem. When she tries to jump out of a window, genuinely believing she could fly he finally tries to get help for her - but still refuses to listen to her, instead acting as if she made an attention-seeking suicide attempt.The Münchausen - Tracy Beaker, sort of. The tall tales she tells are about her mother rather than herself.