History Literature / Forbidden2010

* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: They were doomed from the beginning. The Amazon the blurb even said so.]]

->''But then why is it so terrible for me to be with the girl I love? Everyone else is permitted to have what they want, express their love as they please, without fear of harassment, ostracism, persecution, or even the law. Even emotionally abusive, adulterous relationships are often tolerated, despite the harm they cause others. In our progressive, permissive society, all these harmful, unhealthy types of "love" are allowed--but not ours. I can think of no other kind of love that is so totally rejected, even though ours is so deep, passionate, caring, and strong that forcing us apart would cause us unimaginable pain. We are being punished by the world for just one simple reason: for having been produced by the same woman.''
-->--'''Lochan Whitely'''

The story of a BigScrewedUpFamily, with a DisappearedDad, a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]], [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic]] mother, and 5 children. With their parents largely out of the picture, the eldest two children--Lochan (17) and Maya (16)--have been [[PromotionToParent Promoted to Parents]] for their three younger siblings: [[EmoTeen Kit (13)]], [[{{Keet}} Tiffin (8)]], and [[{{Moe}} Willa (5)]].

** UpToEleven
-->''But I never realized that Maya was the one who gave me that strength. It was because she was there that I could manage, the two of us at the helm, propping each other up when one of us was down. We may have spent the bulk of our time looking after the little ones, but beneath the surface we were really looking after each other, and that made everything bearable--more than just bearable.''

* EmoTeen: Kit. As his sister said, "Kit is your standard screwed-up teenager."

* ConvenientSlowDance: At first they're dancing to salsa music, but the song the radio plays after that is a slow, crooning one. DanceOfRomance ensues.

* DanceOfRomance: Induced by a ConvenientSlowDance.

* BigScrewedUpFamily[=/=]DysfunctionalFamily: The Whitelys

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: After [[spoiler:not having sex for a long time because they are terrified of being caught]], they eventually decide that they're being paranoid, and that no one is actually going around looking in windows to catch [[spoiler:siblings having sex. So they go ahead and have sex,]] and disaster rains down--'instantly''.

The story of a BigScrewedUpFamily, with a DisappearedDad, a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]], [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic]] mother, and 5 children. With their parents largely out of the picture, the eldest two children--Lochan (17) and Maya (16)--have been [[PromotionToParent Promoted to Parents]] for their three younger siblings: [[EmoTeen Kit (13)]], [[{{Keet}} Tiffin (8)]], and [[{{Moe}} Willa, (5)]].

The story of a BigScrewedUpFamily, with a DisappearedDad, a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]], [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic]] mother, and 5 children. With their parents largely out of the picture, the eldest two children -- Lochan (17) and Maya (16) -- have been [[PromotionToParent Promoted to Parents]] for their three younger siblings: [[EmoTeen Kit (13)]], [[{{Keet}} Tiffin (8)]], and [[{{Moe}} Willa, (5)]].

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: After [[spoiler:not having sex for a long time because they are terrified of being caught]], they eventually decide that they're being paranoid, and that no one is actually going around looking in windows to catch [[spoiler:siblings having sex. So they go ahead and have sex,]] and disaster rains down -- ''instantly''.

-->''She is only five, yet already she has learned that there is no point in asking her mother for a bedtime story, that inviting friends over is something only other children can do, that new toys are a rare luxury, that at home Kit and Tiffin are the only ones who get their own way. At the age of five she has already come to terms with one of life’s harshest lessons: that the world isn’t fair...''
* TheWoobie: Maya and Lochan, though {{StoicWoobie}}s at that. As narrators, they are very open to the audience about their woobiehood. However in-universe, they hide their situation very well, lest a social worker notice.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: After [[spoiler:not having sex for a long time because they are terrified of being caught]], they eventually decide that they're being paranoid, and that no one is actually going around looking in windows to catch [[spoiler:siblings having sex. So they go ahead and have sex,]] and disaster rains down.

-->''My little sister is the cutest five-year-old in history. Her dimpled cheeks, flushed pink with exertion, are still gently rounded with baby chubbiness, her face lit with a soft innocence. Since losing her front teeth she has taken to poking the tip of her tongue through the gap when she smiles. Her waist-length hair hangs down her back, straight and fine like gold silk, the color matched by the tiny studs in her ears. Beneath overgrown bangs, her large eyes wear a permanently startled look, the color of deep water. She has exchanged her uniform for a flowery pink summer dress, her current favorite, and is hopping from foot to foot, delighted by her teenage brother’s antics.''

* [[spoiler:PerpWalk: Kit comes home just in time to see Lochan taken away.]]

The story of a BigScrewedUpFamily, with a DisappearedDad, a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]], [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic]] mother, and 5 children. With their parents largely out of the picture, the eldest two children -- Lochan, 17, and Maya, 16 -- have been [[PromotionToParent Promoted to Parents]] for their three younger siblings: [[EmoTeen Kit, 13, ("going through his evil phase")]], [[{{Keet}} Tiffin, 8, ("only interested in his DS and his soccer friends")]], and [[{{Moe}} Willa, 5, ("sweet but still just a baby")]].

''Forbidden'' by Tabitha Suzuma is the story of a BigScrewedUpFamily, with a DisappearedDad, a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]], [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic]] mother, and 5 children. With their parents largely out of the picture, the eldest two children -- Lochan, 17, and Maya, 16 -- have been [[PromotionToParent Promoted to Parents]] for their three younger siblings: [[EmoTeen Kit, 13, ("going through his evil phase")]], [[{{Keet}} Tiffin, 8, ("only interested in his DS and his soccer friends")]], and [[{{Moe}} Willa, 5, ("sweet but still just a baby")]].

* ParentalNeglect: Their mother. With shades of AbusiveParents too.

''Forbidden'' by Tabitha Suzuma is the story of a BigScrewedUpFamily, with a DisappearedDad, a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]], [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic]] mother, and 5 children. With their parents largely out of the picture, the eldest two children -- Lochan, 17, and Maya, 16 -- have been [[PromotionToParent Promoted to Parents]] for their three younger siblings: [[EmoTeen Kit, 13, ("going through his evil phase")]], [[{{Keet}} Tiffin, 8, ("only interested in his DS and his soccer friends"]], and [[{{Moe}} Willa, 5, ("sweet but still just a baby")]].

* CluelessChickMagnet

-->''She is only five, yet already she has learned that there is no point in asking her mother for a bedtime story, that inviting friends over is something only other children can do, that new toys are a rare luxury, that at home Kit and Tiffin are the only ones who get their own way. At the age of five she has already come to terms with one of life’s harshest lessons: that the world isn’t fair...''

-->''She is only five, yet already she has learned that there is no point in asking her mother for a bedtime story, that inviting friends over is something only other children can do, that new toys are a rare luxury, that at home Kit and Tiffin are the only ones who get their own way. At the age of five she has already come to terms with one of life’s harshest lessons: that the world isn’t fair..."

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Whitelys

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: After [[spoiler:not having sex for a long time because they are terrified of being caught]], they eventually decide that they're being paranoid, and that no one is actually going around looking in windows to catch [[spoiler:siblings having sex. So they go ahead, and have sex,]] and disaster rains down.

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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: All the Whitelys, most of all Lochan and Maya, but even little Willa too.

''Forbidden'' by Tabitha Suzuma is the story of a BigScrewedUpFamily, with a DisappearedDad, a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]], [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic]] mother, and 5 children. With their parents largely out of the picture, the eldest two children -- Lochan and Maya -- have been [[PromotionToParent Promoted to Parents]] for their three younger siblings: [[EmoTeen Kit ("going through his evil phase")]], [[{{Keet}} Tiffin ("only interested in his DS and his soccer friends"]], and [[{{Moe}} Willa ("sweet but still just a baby")]].

* BrotherSisterIncest: The of the big topics of the book.