History Literature / TeenageWorrier

* AbuseMistake: In an example of passing off abuse as something innocent, Letty describes an incident where a man who attacked Hazel got away with it by convincing a bystander "She's my girlfriend; we're just having a row" (fighting.)

* DustbinSchool: Letty's school, Sluggs Comprehensive, is infamously poor and kids typically go there when their parents can't or won't send them anywhere else (including Letty's parents.)

* UptownGirl: Letty's mother was this for her father. At least three of Letty's own love interests (Daniel Hope, Adam Stone and Basil) are Uptown Guys.

* AerithAndBob: Letty and Ashley are both named after characters from ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'', but Benjy has a quite generic name; Letty says she and Ashley had to beg their mother not to name him Rhett. Aggy (short for Agatha) has an ordinary name but it's mentioned that several of her siblings have more unusual names such as Mandarin.

* SorryOccifer: Mention is made of the time Letty's father was pulled over for drunk driving and told the officer "I admit I've been driving but I'm perfectly fit to drink."

* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Benjy is ten years younger than Letty and thirteen years younger than their brother Ashley.

* BrotherChuck: Letty's friend Spiggy (Sarah Spiggott) is a major character in ''The Teenage Worrier's Guide to Lurve'' but does not reappear after this, despite the mention that their friendship was repaired.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Zelda, a girl in Letty's class at school, appears to have some kind of autism or learning disability (severe enough that she has a carer), although it's not stated what her condition is.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Letty has a new love interest (Jack Spriggs, whom she thought was dating her friend,) has decided not to worry about her exams and things have resolved themselves for her best friends Aggy and Hazel. However, she decides she can't follow her dream of becoming a film director because she included dishonest Basil in the final cut of her film contest entry about war, at the expense of real-life refugee Josef. She also can't forgive Basil for lying to her and robbing Aggy's house]]

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Letty does not get together with either of her three major love interests: Daniel Hope [[spoiler: because she lost interest in him]], Adam Stone [[spoiler: who accused her of having another boyfriend]] or Basil Barrington [[spoiler: who turns out to be a petty criminal on the run.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Zelda, a girl in Letty's class at school, appears to have some kind of autism or neurological disorder (severe enough that she has a carer), although it's not stated what her condition is.

* LeftHanging: ''I Was a Teenage Worrier'' briefly mentions that Aggy's parents have recently broken up and she is upset at her father wanting his new girlfriend to move in. This is never picked up on again.

* PairTheSpares: Subverted in ''Panick Diary''. Letty is happily dating Basil so when Brian, who's admired Letty for months or years, gets together with Aggy it looks like this trope. [[Spoiler:Only for Letty to find out Basil was using her all along, and then that Brian fathered twins with ''another'' girl in their class at school.]]

%%* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents

* ChocolateBaby: Referenced in ''The Teenage Worrier's Worry Files'' when Letty (who's white) believes she may have slept with Junior (who is Black) while drunk at a party; and subsequently thinks she may be pregnant. Although she's not in a relationship with anyone, she's still interested in Adam and worries what he will think, especially as the identity of the baby's father would be obvious.

* MistakenForAbuse: In an example of passing off abuse as something innocent, Letty describes an incident where a man who attacked Hazel got away with it by convincing a bystander "She's my girlfriend; we're just having a row" (fighting.)