The Story of Tracy Beaker - Softcover
TRACY BEAKER'S NOT exactly sure what her mother does, because Tracy has been in foster care for as long as she can remember. Maybe one day Tracy s mother will show up and reclaim her long-lost daughter, but in the meantime, Tracy s doing everything she can to take care of herself even though she has to share her birthday cake. Then a journalist shows up to write a story about their orphanage, and she and Tracy strike up a special friendship."
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Shortlisted for the Smarties Prize in 1991, Tracy Beaker's story, which is told in the first person by the infuriating and loveable 10-year-old Tracy, is a wonderfully funny and thought- provoking slice of life in a children's home. Tracy, as she herself tells us, has had a hard time. She's been fostered a number of times but it's never worked out. Now she dreams of her glamorous mother coming to fetch her and spends her time, when she's not quarrelling with the other children, writing her life story. And then one day, Cam, a real writer, visits the home and after a rocky start, she and Tracy really hit it off. This highly accomplished, prolific, prizewinning author is outstandingly successful in dealing with painful social and personal problems in a realistic, funny, touching and highly memorable way. The story is delightfully illustrated by Nick Sharratt and laid out in a genuinely user-friendly way. A must for 7- 11-year-olds. --Tamsin Palmer
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Wilson again shapes a convincing and memorable heroine with a snappy, fresh voice. -- Publishers Weekly
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"Wilson again shapes a convincing and memorable heroine with a snappy, fresh voice." -- Publishers Weekly
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-Wilson again shapes a convincing and memorable heroine with a snappy, fresh voice.- -- Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherYearling Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0440418070
- ISBN 13 9780440418078
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages133
- IllustratorSharratt Nick
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