History Literature / SoBIt

* AdultFear:
** A twelve year old traveling unaccompanied across the country without parental consent.
** [[spoiler: An intellectually disabled child getting pregnant or fathering a child.]]
** [[spoiler: Dying suddenly and with no back up plan for an intellectually disabled adult and her new baby.]]
** [[spoiler: A loved one dying while you’re out of town]]

* {{Mondegreen}}: [[spoiler: Heidi learns that "So B. It" was her mother trying to pronounce her own name, Sophia. Likewise, “Soof” was Elliot’s special name for her.]]

* MagicRealism: Placed within a semi-realistic book, there's Heidi's lucky streak that's so unfailing it might as well be a magical gift. [[spoiler: Becomes even more supernatural when it's implied to be connected to her mother's soul.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** Heidi and her mother apparently have their own apartment connecting to Bernadette’s apartment. Heidi wonders how the apartment is paid for when none of them have any real paying jobs. [[spoiler:It’s later revealed that Heidi’s grandfather, Thurman Hill, was paying for everything long distance, only the money was running out.]]
** Most readers might agree that Heidi, Bernadette, and So B. It couldn’t go on living the way they were forever. Heidi needed to figure out her and her mothers origins and be in school, and Bernadette needed to treat her agoraphobia. [[spoiler: Heidi and Bernadette’s quality of life improve once Heidi returns from New York, except it happens without So B. It.]]

* OnlyChildSyndrome: Heidi doesn’t have any siblings. [[spoiler:Later it’s revealed that her parents are both only children themselves.]]

* {{Mondegreen}}: [[spoiler:Heidi learns that "So B. It" was her mother trying to pronounce her own name, Sophia. Likewise, “Soof” was Elliot’s special name for her.]]

* DoesntKnowTheirOwnBirthday: Due to circumstance, Heidi spends the first twelve years of her life not knowing her exact birthdate, though Bernadette accurately guesses that Heidi was born within the first few weeks of February.

* DoesntKnowTheirOwnBirthday: Due to circumstance, Heidi spends the first twelve years of her life not knowing her exact birthdate, though it’s mentioned a few times that she was born within the first few weeks of February.

* SimpletonSpeech: In the movie, So B. It and Elliot have this.

* BornLucky: Heidi has a seemingly lucky streak. Mostly she uses it to play the slot machines to earn a little extra money.