Cliffhanger (Biscuit Barrel, 2)

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Handicapped Badass - Mary in Take a Good Look, a partially sighted teen who escapes armed robbers holding her hostage. 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. Reluctantly, Tim has to go on an outdoor pursuits’ week with his school. He dreads it. Over the week he does abseiling, climbing and canoeing. It is not smooth going, but Tim learns that there are some sports he is actually quite good at. Broken Pedestal: Phoebe in The Primrose Railway Children looks up to her dad, but she becomes disillusioned and angry when she finds out he's in prison and doesn't even want to visit him.

Helen has some shades of the trope, as she is a renowned academic and writer - although she makes it clear that she isn't a genius, and got where she is through hard work. 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. Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition - In Midnight, Violet owns a first edition copy of The Smoke Fairy by Casper Dream, which is now highly prized by collectors (it is his first published work and only a few copies exist, as it was subsequently banned from sale.) Violet's aware of how valuable it would be, but treasures it so much that she will never sell it. Meaningful Rename - the end of Lola Rose implies that Jayni will continue living as Lola Rose, an identity she struggled to live up to for most of the book.Promotion to Parent - Sadie in The Mum-Minder, who must take over her ailing mother's childminding duties for a week. Jayni/Lola Rose gets this to some extent in Lola Rose when her mother goes into hospital, leaving her alone to take care of her little brother. Driven to Suicide - April's adoptive mother in Dustbin Baby, Tina in Falling Apart, and Tanya's mother in Bad Girls.

Grass Is Greener: In This Girl, the heroine, fed up with her impoverished existence, becomes a nanny for a rich family who live in a grand house. She soon finds out their life is not as picture-perfect as she thought.

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." One-Steve Limit: Averted in different books - in both Queenie and Wave Me Goodbye, the protagonists mention they are bullied by an Alpha Bitch. Both characters are called Marilyn, and their surnames both start with H, and they both serve the same purpose. Cute Bruiser - Tracy Beaker, Elsa in The Bed and Breakfast Star, Jude in The Diamond Girls, Gemma in Best Friends, Ruby in Double Act, Treasure in Secrets, Dolphin in The Illustrated Mum. Ambiguously Gay: Mr Benjamin from Dancing The Charleston states that he has no interest in getting married and has a "pal" called Ambrose who stays with him. It's not stated what their relationship is, however, but that may be because the story is set in 1925, when such a relationship was illegal. Wilson's earlier novels were more prone to the Downer Ending; since she hit the big time with the first Tracy Beaker book, a Bittersweet Ending is more common.

Old Maid: It is mentioned in Clover Moon that Mildred was considered this in her early thirties, and married Clover's father just to avoid the stigma. 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. However, she’s very immature, still trying to be a teenager and certainly not ready to be a mother, constantly dumping her younger children on Lily with bad results and has the kids taken away, with a low chance of reunification. She does love her kids, but she’s still a bad mother in the eyes of the law.Baby Love makes many comparisons between Laura's mother and Wilson's mother, including the whole class systems, her paying for Laura's glasses to have "fancy upswept frames" and even working similar hours. This may be subconscious, as Laura is a teenager around the same time as Wilson (they were both fourteen in 1960, when the story takes place). After Megs dies in Clover Moon, the priest at her funeral exclusively refers to her by her full name of Margaret Anne Moon. Clover is confused for a while since she never thought of her by any name other than Megs.