Line #173 Creator/MalgorzataMusierowicz


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2	Małgorzata Musierowicz (born Barańczak on 9 January 1945) is a very successful and prolific writer for both [[ChildrensLiterature children]] and adolescent girls, as well as an artist - she designs her own covers.
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4	Her best known series of novels is the SliceOfLife ''Jeżycjada'', so named from the place it's (largely) set - Jeżyce, a district of Poznań, [[WriteWhatYouKnow where she used to live herself]]. The stories are [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealistic]] and sweet, dealing with young girls friendships and first loves, filled with humour, optimism, romance and [[GratuitousLatin Latin quotations]]. Just the thing to curl up with in front of a fireplace - the WordOfGod is, she wrote the books to cheer people up.
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6	[[HeAlsoDid Also the Polish translator]] of Creator/BeatrixPotter. Her own books have been translated into several languages, including Japanese. Won numerous awards (see webpage).
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8	Self-declared bibliophile. Besides designing covers, she illustrates her own books as well as other writers', writes short items on various subjects and generally is a busy lady.
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10	The personal website of Małgorzata Musierowicz: http://musierowicz.com.pl/index.html - Polish only, but it's mainly illustrations.
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12	!! ''Jeżycjada'' consists of the following books:
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14	* Szósta klepka (focusing on Celestyna "Cesia" Żak)
15	* Kłamczucha (focusing on Aniela "Kłamczucha" Kowalik)
16	* Kwiat kalafiora (focusing on Gabriela Borejko)
17	* Ida sierpniowa (focusing on Ida Borejko)
18	* Opium w rosole (focusing on Janina "Kreska" Krechowicz)
19	* Brulion Bebe B. (focusing on Beata "Bebe" Bitner)
20	* Noelka (focusing on Elżbieta "Elka" Stryba)
21	* Pulpecja (focusing on Patrycja "Pulpecja" Borejko)
22	* Dziecko piątku (focusing on Aurelia Jedwabińska)
23	* Nutria i Nerwus (focusing on Natalia Borejko)
24	* Córka Robrojka (focusing on Arabella "Bella" Rojek)
25	* Imieniny (focusing on Róża Pyziak)
26	* Tygrys i Róża (focusing on Laura "Tygrys" Pyziak)
27	* Kalamburka (focusing on Melania Kalemba, later Borejko)
28	* Język Trolli
29	* Żaba
30	* Czarna polewka
31	* Sprężyna
32	* [=McDusia=]
33	* Wnuczka do orzechów
34	* Feblik
35	* Ciotka Zgryzotka
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37	!! Tropes found in ''Jeżycjada''
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39	* AbsentMindedProfessor: Ignacy Borejko. Less so as he ages, and used to be quite outspoken, if geeky in his youth. Stated to be defence mechanism of a guy living with five headstrong women.
40	* AffectionateNickname: Frequent. Nutria for Natalia, Pulpecja for Patrycja, Robrojek for Robert, Kłamczucha [[labelnote:translation]]"liar" but in a friendly, exasperated sort of way[[/labelnote]] for Aniela...
41	* AgeAppropriateAngst: "At sixteen, you suffer the strongest."
42	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Both Janusz Pyziak and Baltona are certainly popular with the ladies. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Gabriela, in the first case SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and their marriage doesn't work.]]
43	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: While not siblings but cousins, Aniela certainly sees Tomcio and Romcia this way in ''Kłamczucha''. Also Ida for Gabriela, though Gabriela is really laid-back and mostly thinks that Ida is funny, and then Patrycja for Ida. And what Róża (and everybody else) had to put up with Laura in their childhood is indescribable. And ''then'' Ignacy Grzegorz is born and due to ParentalFavoritism (and a bit of her own [[DramaQueen melodramatic tendencies]]) is Laura's turn to suffer.
44	* AttentionWhore: Ida and Aniela, particularily in their youth. Also Danka in ''Szósta klepka''.
45	** Bernard is a male example. It varies between books, but he always draws attention to himself, even when keeping a low profile is called for. Lampshaded in "Noelka".
46	* AuthorTract: It is generally agreed Musierowicz's books started to suffer from quickly increasing amounts of tract from the turn of millennium onward. This leads to situations like pre-teen characters sounding like jaded, middle-aged people or rambling old folks, preaching in the most heavy-handed way Musierowicz's own beliefs. ''Czarna Polewka'' is usually cited as [[JumpingTheShark the turning point]], where preaching overwhelmed every other aspect of the story. What makes it so glaring is the fact the early books of ''Jeżycjada'' are completely free from such antics and it was one of their main selling points.
47	* BeautifulAllAlong: Cesia, who, [[SheCleansUpNicely after a bit of makeover]] goes on a date - and [[GoneHorriblyRight the guy doesn't recognise her]]. Also Aniela in relation to her persona of Franciszka Wyrobek (LongStory).
48	* BettyAndVeronica: Maciej's plot in ''Opium w rosole'' involves chasing a sexy, glamorous and superficial Matylda, only to realise he really loves the GirlNextDoor, Kreska.
49	* BigEater: Grown-up Patrycja, a good cook and [[SweetTooth baker]] with zero {{Weight Woe}}s, though Ida still teases her about her weight.
50	* ABirthdayNotABreak: The shenanigans happening to Grzegorz on Gabriela's nameday in ''Imieniny'', caused by trying to get a romantic day just with her and buying her an expensive gift. The romantic day gets ruined by his car breaking down and Bernard, whose job in this book is the MomentKiller for everybody. The expensive gift causes a fight with the father-in-law.
51	* BlindWithoutEm: Aniela, though she's [[TheGlassesGottaGo convinced glasses make her look horrible]].
52	* {{Bookworm}}: The entire Borejko family, especially when it comes to classical literature - Melania's GuiltyPleasure is ''Literature/BrotherCadfael''. Also, the grown up [[ThePhilosopher Tomcio]], Beata and some others.
53	* BoyishShortHair: No matter how feminine she is now, Gabriela keeps the hairstyle of her youth.
54	* BoyMeetsGirl: Most books. In many variations. Sometimes it's MeetCute.
55	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Elka is a bit bratty. Teen Laura is brattier.
56	* {{Bridezilla}}: In ''Noelka'', Ida becomes rather exacting and tyrannizes her little sisters over the veil, the shoes, the food, the fact that heating stopped working... To be fair, stuff really is not 100% ideally perfect (the heating won't work!), but Ida, dear? Take a deep breath, okay?
57	* TheBully: The [[KidsAreCruel Lisiecki brothers]], to a dog, until Ida smacks some sense into them. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, later on they go back to bullying. This time they bully smaller kids, including Konrad, for their money]].
58	* CannotTalkToWomen: In ''Kwiat kalafiora'' Janusz discovers Gabriela likes him a lot more when he stops talking nonsense. Jerzy has a [[DiggingYourselfDeeper similar problem]] with Cesia.
59	* CharacterTitle: Most of them, with two NameAndName titles - see above.
60	* ChristmasEpisode: ''Noelka'', with Elka as the protagonist and Ida's wedding as the B-plot.
61	* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: To the point of being {{Anvilicious}} in ''Opium w Rosole'', upon the revelation that [[spoiler: "Genowefa Trombke" is really Aurelia, Ewa Jedwabińska's daughter - you know, the strict, strict teacher who's doing post-graduate course in psychology. This lady]].
62	* ComingOfAgeStory: Each and every one of them, in varying degrees.
63	* ConsummateLiar: Aniela. Even her nickname, "Kłamczucha" ("Liar"), tells you as much.
64	* ConversationalTroping: In ''Brulion Bebe B.'' she and [[LoveInterest Damazy]] engage in composing silly limericks. In class.
65	* CoolTeacher: [[ThePhilosopher Professor Dmuchawiec]], mentor to Gabriela, Aniela and Cesia as well as Kreska's grandfather.
66	* CreatorsPet: Róża Pyziak is considered one by some fans.
67	* ADayInTheLimelight: Each book focuses on one girl and her romantic troubles, but they're all more or less friends, characters from previous books get B-plots in later ones, everyone has family and so on, and so the cast keeps growing. Eventually, it evolves into CastHerd due to the sheer number of characters and their relationships with and to each other.
68	* DeanBitterman: Pieróg, the headmaster of high school most of the protagonists attend at one point or another.
69	* DisappearedDad: Ignacy Borejko, briefly, in ''Opium w rosole''. [[spoiler: Janusz Pyziak, permanently]]. Nobody's ever seen Bebe and Konrad's dad, either.
70	* DoggedNiceGuy: Robert, and later Bernard, for Aniela. [[spoiler: The latter succeeds]].
71	* DramaQueen: Ida, Aniela, Aniela's cousin Józefina Bitner, [[ItsAllAboutMe the famous actress]]. Laura Pyziak.
72	* EmotionlessGirl: Bebe is actively trying to be this in order to distance herself from her [[LargeHam actress]] mother. Most people are [[GoneHorriblyRight fooled]]. [[LoveInterest Damazy]] is intrigued.
73	* EpunymousTitle: ''Noelka'' and the fact it's ChristmasEpisode.
74	* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Kreska does, but this may be because of [[SadistTeacher her hate for the teacher]]. A fellow student helps her get better at maths.
75	* EveryoneLovesBlondes: In ''Pulpecja'' about every boy close to her age wants to get on with Patrycja, who is mildly amused, but unmoved.
76	* ExtremeDoormat: Laura's opinion of her sister. Not really unfounded.
77	* {{Fainting}}: Happens to Gabriela several times in ''Dziecko piątku'', to [[{{Foreshadowing}} subtly tell us]] [[spoiler: little Ignaś is on the way]]. Pyza [[FaintInShock faints]] in ''Imieniny'' when Ignaś gets lost.
78	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Aunt Felicja does not think highly of Gabriela's cooking skills. Practice makes perfect, though.
79	* FieryRedhead: Ida, with QuirkyCurls too boot. AvertedTrope for [[ShrinkingViolet Natalia]] and their [[AbsentMindedProfessor father]].
80	* {{Flanderization}}: Since ''Jeżycjada'' is a long-running series with recurring characters, pretty much everyone within Borejko family started to suffer from this, being reduced to one-dimensional caricatures of their older selves.
81	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: the Borejko girls:
82	** Gabriela is the Sanguine, PassionateSportsGirl who grows into a mature, responsible, motherly lady
83	** Ida, the Choleric, starts out as a DramaQueen, becomes... remains a [[LargeHam bit dramatic]], but is easily the most organised and hard-working of her sisters
84	** Natalia, the Melancholic, begins as a rather odd, nervous child, then for a long time becomes ProneToTears
85	** Patrycja, the Phlegmatic, never ceases to be a LazyBum BigEater who knows no worries (except the romantic worries in the one book focused on her, but she gets her HappyEnding soon enough).
86	* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''Opium w rosole'' takes place, and was written, in a very ugly moment of history. Hence multiple tiny pokes at the censors. In fact, censorship ''did'' end up cutting direct references to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland martial law]], but they left intact the small stuff, as it was too subtle to be ruled out.
87	* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Several times:
88	** In ''Szósta Klepka'': Cesia is the hardworking, academic and [[IAmNotPretty insecure]] sister, while her sister Julia is the glamorous, popular, lazy, self-absorbed bombshell.
89	** The [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Pyziak sisters]] are an example in their teenage years, only Laura is considerably nastier than Julia and is the younger one. When Róża unexpectedly gains a trio of admirers and Laura is unable to steal their attention, she is ''pissed'' (Róża, despite her poor self-image, is actually very pretty. Laura is prettier, but these particular high school boys just weren't into thirteen year old {{Alpha Bitch}}es.)
90	** Mostly averted with the Borejko sisters. While the teenage Ida considers Gabriela an insensitive butch, and Gabriela finds Ida's DramaQueen persona hilarious, there is no real rivalry between them, and the younger sisters - Natalia and Patrycja - live in perfect harmony with each other. Only when they grow up and Patrycja and Ida get to interact as adults, the ugliness occurs. It's mostly just teasing, anyway.
91	* GrewASpine: Cesia spends a good part of her book being ordered about, until she snaps and rebels. By [[{{Hikkikomori}} locking herself up in a tower]] (yes, really a tower. ArtNouveau architecture, isn't it grand?) and refusing to move.
92	* HappyEnding: Obligatory. According to WordOfGod, it was a promise to an old friend.
93	* HighSchool: Since protagonists are girls aged 15-19, part of the action naturally takes place at school.
94	* HospitalHottie: Ida grows into one (she's a doctor, thank you very much!)
95	* HugeSchoolgirl: Teen Gabriela borrows an ankle-lenght skirt from her cousin. The skirt only reaches half her calf. Then again, she puts it to good use as basketball player.
96	* IAmOneOfThoseToo: How Aniela tries to gain favour of a shrewd painter. [[spoiler: Who asks her some art questions and sees right through it]].
97	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Cesia in her introductory book.
98	* InsecureLoveInterest: In ''Kalamburka'' Ignacy is constantly worried that Mila will choose Zbysław over him. Even when, after years and years of being HappilyMarried, raising daughters and granddaughters together, they run into the guy on a trip to the waters - Ignacy wakes up alone and surmises she must have gone to meet Zbysław, while Mila is in fact quietly reading in the next room, because she didn't want to disturb his sleep.
99	* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Aniela disguises as Franciszka [[PunnyName Wyrobek]], the country mouse extraordinaire, to get a job as a servant in Paweł's house. Part of a ZanyScheme.
100	* JerkJock: [[TheCasanova Janusz]]. [[spoiler: Does not grow out of this]].
101	* LemonyNarrator: Slightly.
102	* LethalChef: Ida can bake, unless she's distracted - if she is, expect some sort of craziness. Also, Gabriela's first attempts at cooking resulted in a thorough destruction of a frying pan.
103	* LiarRevealed: Aniela in her own book, several times. Keeps lying anyway.
104	* LikeBrotherAndSister: In ''Opium w rosole'' Maciek thinks so of Kreska. [[SubvertedTrope She's hopelessly in love with him]]. [[spoiler: The main plotline is about him realising he was ObliviousToLove, then trying to beg another chance from Kreska.]]
105	* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Beata Bitner is actively trying to be unlike her absentminded, LargeHam, DramaQueen mother. Not because she hates her, but because she wants to be her own person.
106	* LittleProfessorDialog: Ignacy Grzegorz has a tendency to do this. He sings ''[[GratuitousLatin Gaudeamus Igitur]]'' in bath. When he's four.
107	* LongRunner: Going on since 1977. The children of protagonists from the Eighties grow up to be the protagonists in the later books.
108	* LoveEpiphany: At least once a book.
109	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: B-plot of ''Brulion Bebe B.'' is [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Aniela]] trying this on a guy [[spoiler: who turns out, let's say, to have his limits of spontaneity]].
110	* MarryForLove: All over the place! Most end up HappilyMarried, too. [[spoiler: Not so in case of Gabriela and Janusz]].
111	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Bella is no-nonsense, self-reliant, somewhat blunt WrenchWench. Przeszczep is well on his way to becoming a completely MadArtist and tries to woo Bella with romantic notes and poetry.
112	* MaternallyChallenged: Józefina Bitner, who is everything-but-being-a-star-challenged. When we meet them, her children are already teens, somehow.
113	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Natalia seems to have some form of sixth sense, in an otherwise slice of life series.
114	* MinorLivingAlone: Technically, Kreska, when [[RaisedByGrandparents her sole guardian]] is in hospital.
115	* MissingMom: We don't know for sure what happened to Kreska's mom, but she misses both her parents a lot. [[spoiler: Aurelia's mom dies inbetween books]].
116	* NeverMyFault: Outgrowing this is the core of Aniela's CharacterDevelopment.
117	* ObliviousToHerOwnDescription: At one point Ewa Jedwabińska starts a lecture on [[ParentalNeglect emotionally distant]], insecure mothers.
118	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Everyone can be reasonably assumed to know anyone else. And if they don't know someone, they will, sooner or later.
119	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Florian. As a child, he was [[spoiler: Bobcio]], when grown up, he becomes [[spoiler: Baltona, because he wore a sweatshirt with the name of this company on for some time]]. He dislikes this and asks his LoveInterest to call him his real name (in a rather cute scene).
120	* ParentWithNewParamour: Both [[spoiler: Gabriela and Grzegorz]] in ''Noelka''. His daughter throws a fit at first, but then gets to know dad's new love and decides she's cool, her daughters are rather quick to accept mom's paramour.
121	* ParentalNeglect: Mrs. Lisiecka pays no attention to her own kids. Whoever made her a babysitter? [[spoiler: Ewa Jedwabinska, that's who]].
122	* PassingNotesInClass: Whenever the action is set at school. Damazy and Bebe's correspondence forms part of the narrative in ''Brulion Bebe B.''.
123	* PassionateSportsGirl: The young Gabriela is taller than most of her peers, [[{{Tomboy}} looks boyish]], considers fashion a waste of time, plays basketball and is prone to acting like DrillSergeantNasty when stressed. Both her younger sister Ida and her feminine cousin Joanna are horrified of her behavior. After several {{Femininity Failure}}s in her introductory book, she turns a bit girlier, but never overly girly.
124	* PeripheryDemographic: ''Opium w rosole'', along with ever-changing single selection from ''Jeżycjada'', are an [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia obligatory read]] in Polish schools. This means at least one student out of entire class ends up reading the whole thing, or at least books prior to ''Opium'', just to piece together who is who.
125	* PlayfulPursuit:
126	** In ''Opium w rosole'', Lelujka and Kreska are playing chase while Maciek watches and [[GreenEyedMonster seethes]]. But while Lelujka is in love, Kreska just thinks of him as a friend, and neither of them knew they were being watched.
127	** Several books later, when Natalia hails a cab in ''Nutria i Nerwus'', the driver assumes it's this trope, but upon learning it isn't, he eagerly steps on it and helps Natalia escape her stalker, cause it's just like in the movies.
128	* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Gabriela cites this trope in ''Pulpecja'' when explaining why her advice might not be exactly what Patrycja needs. Patrycja herself thinks her eldest sister is too old for a SecondLove.
129	* PrecociousCrush: Lil' Genowefa Trombke on Maciek Ogorzałka in ''Opium w rosole''. Source of much [[HilarityEnsues silliness]] and some plot. Source of {{Angst}} for her in ''Dziecko piątku'' (that takes place about ten years later), when [[spoiler: she, not being in her right mind, kisses him - and her conscience eats her up, because he's HappilyMarried to Kreska at that point]].
130	* PrettyBoy: Romance series. Bound to happen. Especially Paweł tends to make girls sigh, in the first couple of books anyway.
131	* PromotionToParent: Gabriela for her sisters in ''Kwiat kalafiora'', Aniela for her (teenage) cousins Beata and Konrad in ''Brulion Bebe B.'' Both just temporary.
132	* PunBasedTitle: ''Szósta klepka'' (on an idiom), ''Kalamburka'' ("kalambur" is Polish for "pun"), ''Wnuczka do orzechów'' (another idiom).
133	* PutOnABus: The cast is huge, so it happens every now and then, notably to Elka, [[spoiler: her eventual husband]] Tomek, his sister Roma and Robert Rojek [[spoiler: who later comes back as Bella's father in ''Córka Robrojka'']]. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Put to use]] regarding the little Bobcio from ''Szósta klepka'' who [[TheBusCameBack turns out to have grown into]] [[spoiler: Patrycja's LoveInterest, Baltona vel Florian]].
134	* RememberTheNewGuy: ''Kalamburka'' has, as an important character, Gizela Trak, who was previously mentioned ''once''.
135	* RomanticFalseLead: Known to occur, notably this dentist guy Aniela was so hot for in ''Brulion Bebe B.'' and Matylda (for Maciej) in ''Opium w rosole''.
136	* SadistTeacher: Ewa Jedwabińska. She only puts on that as a facade and she's [[ControlFreak woman terrified of losing control]], so much that she nearly BecomesTheMask.
137	* SchoolPlay: In ''Kłamczucha'' they're doing Theatre/{{Hamlet}}, with rehearsals in Paweł's apartment, which allows Aniela to offer her critique. [[spoiler: And finally get a role]].
138	* SecondLove: [[GiveGeeksAChance Grzegorz]] and Gabriela are this for each other.
139	* SecretlyDying: Secretly Very Ill. [[spoiler: Mrs. Borejko in ''Kwiat Kalafiora'']]. Thankfully saved by [[OneDegreeOfSeparation Aniela's uncle]], a brilliant surgeon.
140	* SheIsAllGrownUp: Up to ''Ida sierpniowa'', Ida was sort of UglyCute. The very next book makes her HospitalHottie (in training). Also, in the same book, possibly as {{Foil}} to the nice girl Ida is, we get Matylda, who weaponises this trope to take revenge on the entire male population [[FreudianExcuse for having been bullied at school]].
141	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Part of Bernard's MadArtist image. He does seem to enjoy these theatrical monologues and PurpleProse.
142	* ShrinkingViolet: Both Natalia and Aurelia go through this phase. Aurelia never really outgrows it.
143	* SiblingYinYang: Laura is wild, brash, manipulative and lazy. Also spitting image of their father. Róża, who takes after Gabriela's side of the family, is helpful to a fault, obedient, perfectly [[TheDutifulSon dutiful daughter]].
144	* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Ignacy Borejko, a philologist, as well as his daughters (two of whom become philologists). Also, when Patrycja's [[FreakyFashionMildMind boyfriend]] finishes a quotation for him, Ignacy is relieved to learn his daughter hasn't chosen a complete idiot.
145	* SmittenTeenageGirl: Teen Ida has a tendency to be one for boys who at best, ignore her, and at worst, actively run away.
146	* [[StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale Stalking Is Funny If Aniela's The Stalker]]: In her own book, mostly. She moved from Łeba to Poznań solely because of her crush. [[{{Determinator}} At sixteen]].
147	* StarvingArtist: Bernard. Also {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to surpass Aniela.
148	* StarvingStudent: Kreska in her introductory book makes (and refashions, a lot) her own clothes and (when her grandfather is not around) barely can afford cheese.
149	* TheStoic: Jerzy, the LoveInterest and later husband of Cesia. Very smart and well-read in physics, very shy and quiet, covering it up with aloofness. The stoic ''philosophy'' is given quite a few [[ConversationalTroping favourable]] {{Shout Out}}s.
150	* TellMeAboutMyFather: Laura enters this phase in ''Tygrys i Róża''. Then she starts an investigation of her own. [[spoiler: Which leads to BrokenPedestal]].
151	* ThemeTwinNaming: Of biblical vein. Piotr and Paweł [[labelnote:Polish equivalents of]]Peter and Paul[[/labelnote]], Maria and Magdalena [[labelnote:Polish equivalent of]]Mary and Magdalene[[/labelnote]].
152	* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: [[RareMaleExample Unusually for a boy]], Maciek Ogorzałka, which is why he treats [[GirlNextDoor Kreska]] the way he does.
153	* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Several. For instance - in ''Kalamburka'' the protagonist takes part in a BeautyContest to win a fridge (yes, really, a war only just ended, come on). Her fiance, who thinks these are stupid and degrading ([[ValuesDissonance and wasn't told about the fridge]]) practically breaks up with her. Only to [[TheGrovel apologise profusely]] later.
154	* {{Tomboy}}: Both Gabriela and Natalia start out very boyish, the former growing out of this through her temporary PromotionToParent (someone has to feed all these kids, and only FeminineWomenCanCook, right?). Bella is an outright WrenchWench.
155	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Gabriela is the outspoken, sportswoman tomboy to her [[VanityIsFeminine cousin]] [[TheFashionista Joanna]]'s extremely GirlyGirl.
156	* TooHungryToBePolite: The Borejko girls, while still kids. Justified by largeness of the family and a meager income. Gabriela only goes to Joanna's party (where she meets several new friends) because Joanna is baking a very nice cake.
157	* TricksterTwins: Piotr and Paweł, [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins identical twins]] who play [[TwinSwitch pranks]] on their mom [[spoiler: Aniela - what did you expect from the offspring of two Cloudcoockoolanders?]]. Tomek and Roma, while not twins, were inseparable and also constantly in trouble as kids.
158	* TroubledChild: Aurelia Jedwabińska [[spoiler: a.k.a Genowefa Trombke, Bombke, Pompke...]]
159	* TwiceShy: Cesia and [[TheQuietOne Jerzy]]. Possibly [[ShrinkingViolet Aurelia]] and Konrad - she's so shy it's hard to tell.
160	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The usual plot structure.
161	* TwoTeacherSchool: Dmuchawiec and Pieróg are the two teachers we see most of in the school the majority of protagonists attend. Later books add Ewa Jedwabińska [[spoiler: for a while]]. Jerzy Hajduk and Damazy Kordiałek (who have been {{Love Interest}}s [[LongRunner previously]]) become teachers after the old ones retire.
162	* WackyParentSeriousChild: Mrs. Żak is a lovably scatterbrained artist. Her dutiful, insecure, serious daughter Cesia loves mom a lot, but still is quite embarrassed by her every so often.
163	** More of the same happens with [[TheQuietOne Bebe Bitner]] and her diva mom Józefina.
164	* WholeEpisodeFlashback: ''Kalamburka'' is the story of mrs. Borejko, the no-nonsense mom and granny we all know and love, told BackToFront from present day (New Year's Eve 2000) to her birth.
165	* WriteWhatYouKnow: Books set in Poznań (i.e. most of them) can be - and have been - used instead of guidebooks. When something changes in RealLife, it will change in the stories, too (like new shops).
166	* YankTheDogsChain: In ''Brulion Bebe B.'', Konrad is bullied so much he becomes a recluse and refuses to engage with the world if he can help it. Gradually he opens up, and eventually gives himself a pep talk to face his own fears. As a symbollic gesture of defiance (and to prove to himself the world is not dangerous), he goes for a walk - and immediately encounters his bullies, who beat him up.
167	* ZanyScheme: Aniela's specialty. The overcompassing scheme of hers is becoming a professional actress [[spoiler: which she does]]. Meanwhile, if she wants something, she'll go to the craziest lenghts to get it.
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169	!! Tropes found in other books by Małgorzata Musierowicz
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171	* {{Bookworm}}: Munio in ''Małomówny i rodzina''. Also his mom, but it's Munio's book devouring that gets them the treasure.
172	* TheBookCipher: ''Małomówny i rodzina'', using ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''
173	* FriendToAllLivingThings: In ''Małomówny i rodzina'' Rzodkiewka (age six) learns where meat comes from. Horrified, she swears it off and adopts the chicken the family was going to have for dinner.
174	* YouMeddlingKids: ''Małomówny i rodzina'' is about a bunch of them treasure hunting.

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