History YMMV / JacquelineWilson

* {{Anvilicious}}: Wilson really seems to dislike the creep of American English into Britain and frequently disparages it through her characters. Protagonists and those around them will comment on how people are "supposed" to speak and react derisively when others use American expressions, and it is even used as a turning point for Rhiannon in ''Candyfloss'', as she starts speaking in an American accent just as she starts to think about ditching Floss. Although, in ''Dustbin Baby'', April herself writes about "jocks", which definitely is normally associated with American English.

** It's a plot point in ''Midnight'' that [[spoiler:Will]] was adopted, but [[spoiler:he and Violet]] were never told about it. Today, it's expected that children who are adopted as babies will be told from an early age, and will be encouraged to keep in touch with their biological parents wherever possible. Wilson gives a very different take on the subject in ''Baby Love'', in which it is taken for granted that none of the young women in the mother and baby home Laura goes to do not want to give up their children, and all will look for them in the future.

* ValuesDissonance:

** A reader who discovers Wilson's older, out-of-print books will notice many aspects of UK culture that have changed since the 1980s. They also use some language which would not be considered acceptable in the 2020s.
** For example, in one such book, ''Amber'', the eponymous protagonist's mother is a free spirit and former commune-dwelling hippie. Amber is a fairly normal name in the UK these days but would have been considered very unusual in the 1980s.

** For example, in one such book, "Amber", the eponymous protagonist's mother is a free spirit and former commune-dwelling hippie. Amber is a fairly normal name in the UK these days but would have been considered very unusual in the 1980s.

** For example, one such book, "Amber", features a protagonist whose mother is a free spirit and former commune-dwelling hippie. Amber is a fairly normal name in the UK these days but would have been considered very unusual in the 1980s.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In her older books Wilson seems pretty clueless about how video players work. For example, she often mentioned the characters' (on screen) voices not being muted when someone hits fast forward.

** Sam from "Lizzie Zipmouth" and Mark from "The Lottie Project", for exactly the same reason as Rose, though Lizzie's reasoning for disliking Sam is because she doesn't trust him after her mother's previous abusive partner, so her dislike of him is understandable, if eventually proved false. Also, their respective children, Rory and Jake (Sam's kids, Jake more so as Rory makes an effort to be friendly), and Robin (Mark, although he's not ever really a villain, as Charlie does consider him cute, though wimpy).In Mark's case, Charlie still seems to be pretty down on him, by the end of the book, but puts up with him because she gets on with Robin.

* LesYay: Happens a lot in her books, especially in ''Best Friends'' with Gemma heartbroken over Alice moving to Scotland and reacting with extreme jealous when Alice makes another friend, Flora.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Wilson really seems to dislike the creep of American English into Britain and frequently disparages it through her characters. Protagonists and those around them will comment on how people are "supposed" to speak and react derisively when others use American expressions, and it is even used as a turning point for Rhiannon in ''Candyfloss'', as she starts speaking in an American accent just as she starts to think about ditching Floss. Although, in Dustbin Baby, April herself writes about "jocks", which definitely is normally associated with American English.

** Most of Jacqueline Wilson's works fall under this trope. Even though the stories are told from the perspective of children aged 13 or under, they are often themed around real family problems as well as other forms of AdultFear, all of which become even more terrifying when read by an actual adult. The endings are not completely happy, either.

** Dolphin tearfully shouting that she isn't ''anybody's'' favourite after Star leaves to be with Ricky and Marigold is distraught without her, even though Dolphin tries hard to keep Marigold happy, she knows Star is Marigold's favourite child and her biological father has his own family.

* JerkassWoobie: Holly in "The Worry Website," whose mother left her and her father and baby sister Hannah (and later dated a jerkass who was mean to Holly and Hannah), forcing her to take care of Hannah more often than not. When her father starts dating Hannah's teacher Miss Morgan, she is incredibly rude and immature towards her (even when Miss Morgan tries to reach out to her), and is also very insensitive towards her classmate Samantha- who also went through a similar situation of divorce.

* HilariousInHindsight: The protagonist of ''The Bed and Breakfast Star'' is named Elsa, after a famous lion. She notes how unique her name is - but as of 2013, [[Disney/{{Frozen}} this isn't necessarily true.]]

** Sam from "Lizzie Zipmouth" and Mark from "The Lottie Project", for exactly the same reason as Rose, though Lizzie's reasoning for disliking Mark is because she doesn't trust him after her mother's previous abusive partner, so her dislike of him is understandable, if eventually proved false. Also, their respective children, Rory and Jake (Sam), and Robin (Mark, although he's not ever really a villain, as Charlie does consider him cute, though wimpy).In Mark's case, Charlie still seems to be pretty down on him, by the end of the book

* {{Anvilicious}}: Wilson really seems to dislike the creep of American English into Britain and frequently disparages it through her characters. Protagonists and those around them will comment on how people are "supposed" to speak and react derisively when others use American expressions. Although, in Dustbin Baby, April herself writes about "jocks", which definitely is normally associated with American English.