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A 2001 novel by Creator/JacquelineWilson, about April, a girl who was [[DoorstopBaby abandoned in a dustbin]] behind a pizza restaurant minutes after being born. Even though she's now settled in a good home with a loving foster parent, Marion, she can't help but wonder why her birth mother didn't want her. [[BirthdayHater Especially on her birthday.]] After getting into an argument with Marion over a birthday present, she decides to skip school to revisit all the homes she's lived in, leading back to the first home she ever knew - the dustbin.
The book was adapted into TV movie starring Dakota Blue Richards in 2008.
The book was adapted into TV movie starring Dakota Blue Richards in 2008.
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A 2001 novel by Creator/JacquelineWilson, about April, a girl who was [[DoorstopBaby abandoned in a dustbin]] behind a pizza restaurant minutes after being born. Even though she's now settled in a good home with a loving foster parent, Marion, she can't help but wonder why her birth mother didn't want her. [[BirthdayHater Especially on her birthday.]] After getting into an argument with Marion over a birthday present, she decides to skip school to revisit all the homes she's lived in, leading back to the first home she ever knew - -- the dustbin.
The book was adapted into a TV movie starring Dakota Blue Richards in 2008.
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** Tanya from ''Bad Girls'', another Wilson novel, makes an appearance.
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** Tanya from ''Bad Girls'', ''Literature/BadGirls'', another Wilson novel, makes an appearance.
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* KarmaHoudini: Pearl. After lying to Big Mo that April injured her, she suffers no consequences, and April is removed from Sunnybank.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: Pearl is described as having black hair and fair skin.
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* TokenMinority: April's old friend Gina is the only prominent character of color in the book.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: April's friend Esme makes an offhand comment about April's paper dolls, which leads to Pearl destroying them.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: April's friend Esme makes an offhand comment about April's paper dolls, which leads to Pearl destroying them.
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* ArtistsAreAttractive: April reunites with her old friend Gina, who's grown into an artistic, compassionate, and beautiful adult.
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* TeenPregnancy: Gina is only 20-21, and would still have been a teenager when she had her first child. April thinks her birth mother may have been a young teenager who didn't know how to cope with a baby.
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* DustbinSchool: After [[spoiler:being discovered aiding and abetting Gina with her burglaries]], April is sent to Fairgate, where are sent girls with issues such as anorexia, Down syndrome or general behavioural problems.
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* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: April visits the grave of her adoptive mother, which contains a photo of her on her wedding day. April notes how bright her eyes are, and sadly reflects that they didn't look like that at all when April knew her.
* DustbinSchool: After [[spoiler:being discovered aiding and abetting Gina with her burglaries]], April is sent to Fairgate,where are sent which houses girls with issues such as anorexia, Down syndrome or general behavioural problems.
* DustbinSchool: After [[spoiler:being discovered aiding and abetting Gina with her burglaries]], April is sent to Fairgate,
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* ParentalNeglect: April's adoptive mother suffered from depression so badly that she couldn't take care of April, leaving her to try to wash her own clothes and cook for herself at the age of just five or six.
* ParentalNeglect: April's adoptive mother suffered from depression so badly that she couldn't take care of April, leaving her to try to wash her own clothes and cook for herself at the age of just five or six.
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* SickeninglySweethearts: Lulu and Bob, who ran Sunnybank.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: April was once fostered by a couple who fit this trope, appropriately known as Big Mo and Little Pete.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: April was once fostered by a couple who fit this trope, appropriately known as Big Mo and Little Pete.
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* SearchingForTheLostRelative: April was abandoned as a newborn by her mother. When she sets out on her birthday, she's theoretically going to find her. Though she never finds her, she does get put in touch with the man who found her all those years ago and manages to achieve some peace after a lifetime of abandonment.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: April did not find her birth mother and probably never will. But she did find the man who found her and has realized how much Marion loves her.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: April [[spoiler:April did not find her birth mother and probably never will. But she did find the man who found her and has realized how much Marion loves her.]]
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** Mr. Johnson, Her first adoptive father send her back to the social services after his wife Janet commited suicide.
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** April is first abandonned abandoned in a dustbin when she was a baby.
** Mr. Johnson, Her first adoptive father send her back to the social services after his wife Janetcommited committed suicide.
** Mr. Johnson, Her first adoptive father send her back to the social services after his wife Janet
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* HappilyAdopted: April ''was'' this with her adoptive family, until her parents split up and her mother killed herself.
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* EnfantTerrible: ''Pearl'', a violent sociopath who bullies April, holds her underwater while they're bathing to the point where she passes out, and manages to avoid any consequences for it by pretending [[WoundedGazelleGambit it was April who attacked her.]]
* HappilyAdopted: April ''was'' this with her adoptive family, until her parents split up and her mother killed herself. However, by the end of the novel, she's on her way to becoming this with Marian.
* HappilyAdopted: April ''was'' this with her adoptive family, until her parents split up and her mother killed herself. However, by the end of the novel, she's on her way to becoming this with Marian.
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* ProtagonistTitle: Being a description of the protagonist, having been found in a dustbin as a baby.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Early in the book, April has a tantrum because Marian won't buy her a mobile phone for her birthday, which is treated like an expensive, outlandish commodity, whereas now they are now only extremely common but children much younger than April use them, so it seems far more like Marian is being stubbornly anti-technology than April is being materialistic, though April's delivery of her complaints still need work.
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** Elaine, Tracy Beaker's social worker also appears, and mentions that one of her clients has been fostered by a single woman, likely referring to Cam fostering Tracy.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The ones at the Sunnybank foster home are, anyway. They're completely blind to the fact sweet little Pearl is actually a bully who likes to torture April.
* BerserkButton: Destroying April's paper dolls. Pearl learned this the hard way.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The ones at the Sunnybank foster home are, anyway. They're AdultsAreUseless:
** Big Mo and Little Pete are completely blind to the fact sweet little Pearl is actually a bully who likes to torture April.
** The guy in Sunnybank tasked with watching the entries and sorties is sleeping while duty, allowing Gina and her friends to go burgle nearby houses.
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** Destroying April's paper dolls. Pearl learned this the hard way.
** Big Mo and Little Pete are completely blind to the fact sweet little Pearl is actually a bully who likes to torture April.
** The guy in Sunnybank tasked with watching the entries and sorties is sleeping while duty, allowing Gina and her friends to go burgle nearby houses.
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** April plays up her cuteness at Sunnybank so Gina and the other older kids will like her more.
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* DoorstopBabya dustbin.
** Pearl acts this way in front of the carers, so as to hide her sadistic streak.
** April plays up her cuteness at Sunnybank so Gina and the other older kids will like her more.
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** Mr. Johnson, Her first adoptive father send her back to the social services after his wife Janet commited suicide.
** Gina has to give her first child for adoption after she was found unfit.
** April is first abandonned in a dustbin when she was a baby.
** Mr. Johnson, Her first adoptive father send her back to the social services after his wife Janet commited suicide.
** Gina has to give her first child for adoption after she was found unfit.
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A 2001 novel by JacquelineWilson, Creator/JacquelineWilson, about April, a girl who was [[DoorstopBaby abandoned in a dustbin]] behind a pizza restaurant minutes after being born. Even though she's now settled in a good home with a loving foster parent, Marion, she can't help but wonder why her birth mother didn't want her. [[BirthdayHater Especially on her birthday.]] After getting into an argument with Marion over a birthday present, she decides to skip school to revisit all the homes she's lived in, leading back to the first home she ever knew - the dustbin.
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A 2001 novel by JacquelineWilson, about April, a girl who was [[DoorstopBaby abandoned in a dustbin]] behind a pizza restaurant minutes after being born. Even though she's now settled in a good home with a loving foster mother, she can't help but wonder why her birth mother didn't want her. [[BirthdayHater Especially on her birthday.]] After getting into an argument over a birthday present, she decides to skip school to revisit all the homes she's lived in, leading back to the first home she ever knew...
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A 2001 novel by JacquelineWilson, about April, a girl who was [[DoorstopBaby abandoned in a dustbin]] behind a pizza restaurant minutes after being born. Even though she's now settled in a good home with a loving foster mother, parent, Marion, she can't help but wonder why her birth mother didn't want her. [[BirthdayHater Especially on her birthday.]] After getting into an argument with Marion over a birthday present, she decides to skip school to revisit all the homes she's lived in, leading back to the first home she ever knew...
knew - the dustbin.
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** Abandonment becomes one for April in the movie. She storms away when Marion says she's going to retire from teaching, because that means leaving Fairgate and therefore ''her''. Or so she thinks.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone in the foster home was shocked and surprised that April would push another girl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months and finally made her snap.
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** Abandonment becomes one for April in the movie. She storms away when Marion says she's going to retire from teaching, because that means leaving Fairgate the school and therefore ''her''. Or so she thinks.
''her''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone in the foster home was shocked and surprised that April would pushanother girl Pearl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months and finally made her snap.months.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone in the foster home was shocked and surprised that April would push
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* DrivenToSuicide: April's adoptive mother commits sucide in the bathtub, after her husband leaves her.
* HappilyAdopted: April ''was'' this with her adoptive family, until her parents split up and her mother committed sucide.
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* DrivenToSuicide: April's adoptive mother commits sucide commmitted suicide in the bathtub, bathtub after her husband leaves left her.
* HappilyAdopted: April ''was'' this with her adoptive family, until her parents split up and her mothercommitted sucide.killed herself.
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* KidsAreCruel: Pearl. To insane levels. Her idea of playing "Mermaids" during bath time is holding April under the water until she goes limp.
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* KidsAreCruel: Pearl. To insane ''insane'' levels. Her idea of playing "Mermaids" during bath time is holding April under the water until she goes limp.
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* BerserkButton: April causes a scene in class when asked to do a family tree.
** Abandonment in general becomes one for April in the movie. She storms away when Marion says she's going to retire from teaching, because that means leaving Fairgate and therefore ''her''. Or so she thinks.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone in the foster home was shocked and surprised that April would push another girl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months.
** Abandonment in general becomes one for April in the movie. She storms away when Marion says she's going to retire from teaching, because that means leaving Fairgate and therefore ''her''. Or so she thinks.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone in the foster home was shocked and surprised that April would push another girl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months.
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* BerserkButton: April causes a scene in class when asked to do a family tree.
Destroying April's paper dolls. Pearl learned this the hard way.
** Abandonmentin general becomes one for April in the movie. She storms away when Marion says she's going to retire from teaching, because that means leaving Fairgate and therefore ''her''. Or so she thinks.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone in the foster home was shocked and surprised that April would push another girl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop formonths.months and finally made her snap.
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** Pearl puts this on around the carers, moreso in the movie.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: April did not find her birth mother and probably never will. But she did find the man who found her and has realized how much Marion loves her.]]
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Aprilacts cute plays up her cuteness at Sunnybank so Gina and the other older kids will like her more.
** Pearlputs acts this on around way in front of the carers, moreso in the movie.carers.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: April
** Pearl
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone was shocked and surprised that April would push Pearl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months.
* BirthdayHater: April, with good reason.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone was shocked and surprised that April would push Pearl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months.
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''her''. Or so she thinks.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone in the foster home was shocked and surprised that April would pushPearl another girl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The ones at the Sunnybank foster home are anyway. April is very aware of this.
** Abandonment in general becomes one for April in the movie. She storms away when Marion informs her she'll be retiring, and therefore leaving
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* DrivenToSuicide: April's adoptive mother.
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* DoorstopBaby: As the title suggests.
April, obviously.
* DrivenToSuicide: April's adoptivemother.
mother, after her husband walked out on the family.
* HappilyAdopted: April ''was'' this with her adoptive family, until herfather walked out parents split up and her mother became depressed.committed sucide.
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A 2001 novel by JacquelineWilson, about April, a girl who was abandoned in a dustbin behind a pizza restaurant minutes after being born. Even though she's now settled in a good home with a loving foster mother, she can't help but wonder why her birth mother didn't want her. [[BirthdayHater Especially on her birthday.]] After getting into a fight over a birthday present, she decides to skip school to revisit all the homes she lived in, leading back to the first home she ever had...
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A 2001 novel by JacquelineWilson, about April, a girl who was [[DoorstopBaby abandoned in a dustbin dustbin]] behind a pizza restaurant minutes after being born. Even though she's now settled in a good home with a loving foster mother, she can't help but wonder why her birth mother didn't want her. [[BirthdayHater Especially on her birthday.]] After getting into a fight an argument over a birthday present, she decides to skip school to revisit all the homes she she's lived in, leading back to the first home she ever had...
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* KidsAreCruel: Pearl, to Pearl. To ridiculous levels. Her idea of playing "Mermaids" during bath time is holding April under the water until she goes limp.
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The book was adapted into TV movie starring Dakota Blue Richards in 2008.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The ones at Sunnybank are anyway. April is very aware of this.
* BerserkButton: April causes a scene in class when asked to do a family tree.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone was shocked and surprised that April would push Pearl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: April acts cute at Sunnybank so Gina and the other older kids will like her more.
* DoorstopBaby: As the title suggests.
* DrivenToSuicide: April's adoptive mother.
* HappilyAdopted: April ''was'' this until her father walked out and her mother became depressed.
* InnocentInnacurate: April doesn't understand her mum has committed suicide till years later.
* KidsAreCruel: Pearl, to ridiculous levels. Her idea of playing "Mermaids" during bath time is holding April under the water until she goes limp.
* MeaningfulName: April was born and found on April Fools Day.
* ParentalAbandonment
* TheCameo: Tanya from ''Bad Girls'' makes an appearance.
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The book was adapted into TV movie starring Dakota Blue Richards in 2008.
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!This book provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: The ones at Sunnybank are anyway. April is very aware of this.
* BerserkButton: April causes a scene in class when asked to do a family tree.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone was shocked and surprised that April would push Pearl down the stairs. What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: April acts cute at Sunnybank so Gina and the other older kids will like her more.
* DoorstopBaby: As the title suggests.
* DrivenToSuicide: April's adoptive mother.
* HappilyAdopted: April ''was'' this until her father walked out and her mother became depressed.
* InnocentInnacurate: April doesn't understand her mum has committed suicide till years later.
* KidsAreCruel: Pearl, to ridiculous levels. Her idea of playing "Mermaids" during bath time is holding April under the water until she goes limp.
* MeaningfulName: April was born and found on April Fools Day.
* ParentalAbandonment
* TheCameo: Tanya from ''Bad Girls'' makes an appearance.
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