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* SharedUniverse: Tanya and Pat reappear in ''Literature/DustbinBaby''.
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* PunnyName: Arthur's name is Arthur King and his parents apparently chose it after the mythical King Arthur.
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* BigSisterInstict: When Kim confronts Mandy after school, Tanya gives the bully a piece of her mind.
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* BigSisterInstict: BigSisterInstinct: When Kim confronts Mandy after school, Tanya gives the bully a piece of her mind.
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* BigSisterInstict: When Kim confronts Mandy after school, Tanya gives the bully a piece of her mind.
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* BoyishShortHair: Tanya has cropped red hair and is very tough.
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* FieryRedhead: Tanya has red hair and can be quite hot-tempered and moody.
* FreudianExcuse: It is implied Melanie bullies Mandy as a way of coping with her parents' divorce.
* FreudianExcuse: It is implied Melanie bullies Mandy as a way of coping with her parents' divorce.
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* KickTheDog: Kim and her friends love to make fun of Mandy's parents, as if bullying her for her unfashionable clothes wasn't enough. Melanie even leaks Mandy's private secrets and weaponizes them against her.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Mandy's mother comes off like this, dressing her in unfashionable clothes and treating her like a baby.
* OpenMindedParent: Mandy's dad sees no problems with her hanging out with Tanya.
* OpenMindedParent: Mandy's dad sees no problems with her hanging out with Tanya.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Melanie and Sarah cut ties with Kim and befriend Mandy at the end of the book.
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* GirlPosse: Kim is usually accompanied by Melanie and Sarah.
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* AMFMCharacterization: Tanya likes Music/Nirvana.
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* AMFMCharacterization: Tanya likes Music/Nirvana.Music/{{Nirvana}}.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Mandy and Tanya's friendship comes off this way.
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Bad Girls is a book by Literature/{{JacquelineWilson}}, originally published in 1996. It revolves around a ten-year-old meek girl called Mandy who is bullied at school, and who befriends a troubled teenaged girl called Tanya.
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Bad Girls is a book by Literature/{{JacquelineWilson}}, Creator/JacquelineWilson , originally published in 1996. It revolves around a ten-year-old meek girl called Mandy who is bullied at school, and who befriends a troubled teenaged girl called Tanya.
* FictionalFanRealCelebrity: As mentioned above, Tanya loves Nirvana.
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Bad Girls is a book by Literature/JacquelineWilson, Literature/{{JacquelineWilson}}, originally published in 1996. It revolves around a ten-year-old meek girl called Mandy who is bullied at school, and who befriends a troubled teenaged girl called Tanya.
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* AmazinglyEmbarassingParents: Mandy thinks her parents come off as this, as they treat her like a baby.
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Bad Girls is a book by Literature/JacquelineWilson, originally published in 1996. It revolves around a ten-year-old meek girl called Mandy who is bullied at school, and who befriends a troubled teenaged girl called Tanya.
!!Tropes:
* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: And father. Mandy's parents are 55 and 62; it is revealed she was born through IVF.
* AmazinglyEmbarassingParents: Mandy thinks her parents come off as this, as they treat her like a baby.
* AlphaBitch: Kim is a primary school version, but fits the trope to a T. Popular, confident and ''incredibly'' bitchy.
* AMFMCharacterization: Tanya likes Music/Nirvana.
* BespectacledCutie: Mandy. Her friend Arthur is a [[GenderInvertedTrope male version of this trope]].
* BittersweetEnding: More on the sweet part; while Tanya has been taken out of foster care for her previous criminal convictions, Mandy becomes more confident in herself through sessions at school, and she and Tanya remain in contact through letters, hoping they'll see each other again.
* TheBully: Kim, obviously.
* CoDragons: Sarah and Melanie are this to Kim, at least until they cut ties with her.
* ColorMotifs: Mandy wears a yellow shirt; yellow is frequently associated with cowardice, appropriate for Mandy's meek, shy personality.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tanya was taken into foster care after her mother killed herself.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After everything she goes through, Mandy becomes more confident, and is allowed to make her own decisions; on top of this, Kim stops bullying her.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Mandy's bedroom is FULL of monkey plushies.
* HugeGirlTinyGuy: Mandy's mother is a large, obese woman and her father is quite thin.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Kim has black hair and fair skin.
* RealCelebrityFictionalFan: As mentioned above, Tanya loves Nirvana.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Mandy was once friends with Melanie, before the latter befriended Kim. She ends up rekindling her friendship with Mandy at the end of the book.
!!Tropes:
* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: And father. Mandy's parents are 55 and 62; it is revealed she was born through IVF.
* AmazinglyEmbarassingParents: Mandy thinks her parents come off as this, as they treat her like a baby.
* AlphaBitch: Kim is a primary school version, but fits the trope to a T. Popular, confident and ''incredibly'' bitchy.
* AMFMCharacterization: Tanya likes Music/Nirvana.
* BespectacledCutie: Mandy. Her friend Arthur is a [[GenderInvertedTrope male version of this trope]].
* BittersweetEnding: More on the sweet part; while Tanya has been taken out of foster care for her previous criminal convictions, Mandy becomes more confident in herself through sessions at school, and she and Tanya remain in contact through letters, hoping they'll see each other again.
* TheBully: Kim, obviously.
* CoDragons: Sarah and Melanie are this to Kim, at least until they cut ties with her.
* ColorMotifs: Mandy wears a yellow shirt; yellow is frequently associated with cowardice, appropriate for Mandy's meek, shy personality.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tanya was taken into foster care after her mother killed herself.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After everything she goes through, Mandy becomes more confident, and is allowed to make her own decisions; on top of this, Kim stops bullying her.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Mandy's bedroom is FULL of monkey plushies.
* HugeGirlTinyGuy: Mandy's mother is a large, obese woman and her father is quite thin.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Kim has black hair and fair skin.
* RealCelebrityFictionalFan: As mentioned above, Tanya loves Nirvana.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Mandy was once friends with Melanie, before the latter befriended Kim. She ends up rekindling her friendship with Mandy at the end of the book.
