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* AffectionateNickname: Frankie's for Emily is Emerald. The rest of the family call her Em.
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* AgeGapRomance: Em's grandmother Ellen falls in love with a widower five years younger than her during a holiday to Spain.
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* AnimalMotifs: Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo". She also likens herself to a whale once or twice.
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* AnimalMotifs: AnimalMotifs:
** Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo". She also likens herself to a whale once or twice.
** Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo". She also likens herself to a whale once or twice.
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* BigEater: Em.
* BoyishShortHair: Sarah has black stubble.
* BoyishShortHair: Sarah has black stubble.
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* AuthorAvatar: Jenna Williams, Em's favourite author, is a paper-thin parody of Jacqueline Wilson, all the way down to her physical appearance.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Sarah, Frankie's girlfriend.
** Em's friend, Yvonne, also qualifies.
** Em's friend, Yvonne, also qualifies.
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%%** Sarah, Frankie's girlfriend.
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* DissapearedDad: Frankie leaving the family for another woman kicks off the story. After a few infrequent visits, he cuts contact with the family entirely and doesn't reappear again until late into the story.
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* DissapearedDad: DisappearedDad: Frankie leaving the family for another woman kicks off the story. After a few infrequent visits, he cuts contact with the family entirely and doesn't reappear again until late into the story.
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* {{Expy}}: Jenna Williams, Em's favourite author, is a paper-thin parody of Jacqueline Wilson, all the way down to her physical appearance.
* FieryRedHead: Em's friend Yvonne has a sharp tongue and isn't afraid to speak her mind.
* FieryRedHead: Em's friend Yvonne has a sharp tongue and isn't afraid to speak her mind.
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* GoodParents: Julie, Em's mother, is kind and loving, despite the struggles the family are facing.
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* GoodParents: GoodParents:
** Julie, Em's mother, is kind and loving, despite the struggles the family are facing.
** Julie, Em's mother, is kind and loving, despite the struggles the family are facing.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Em and Julie both qualify.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Em's biological father Barry is a towering, obese man who dwarfs both his ex and current wife.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Em's biological father Barry is a towering, obese man who dwarfs both his ex and current wife.
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** Em's biological father Barry is a towering, obese man who dwarfs both his ex and current wife.
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* ImportantHaircut: Frankie has had one by the end of the book after his new girlfriend keeps nagging him about it.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Sarah calls Vita "Em".
* MayDecemberRomance: Em's grandmother Ellen falls in love with a widower fives years younger than her during a holiday to Spain.
* MayDecemberRomance: Em's grandmother Ellen falls in love with a widower fives years younger than her during a holiday to Spain.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Em's grandmother Ellen falls in love with a widower fives years younger than her during a holiday to Spain.
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** Frankie also qualifies and presumably so does Maxie, who is described as looking a lot like Frankie.
* RecoveredAlcoholic: A throwaway line from Em's biological father about being off the drink suggests he is a former alcoholic.
* RecoveredAlcoholic: A throwaway line from Em's biological father about being off the drink suggests he is a former alcoholic.
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* ThoseTwoGirls: Jenny and Yvonne.
* TookALevelInKindness: Ellen after getting in a relationship with Eddie.
* [[WantedAGenderConformingChild Wanted a Gender-Conforming Grandchild]]: Ellen disapproves of Maxie trying on his mother's shoes and wanting to put on lipstick with his sisters; and complains that this is inappropriate behaviour for a boy.
* TookALevelInKindness: Ellen after getting in a relationship with Eddie.
* [[WantedAGenderConformingChild Wanted a Gender-Conforming Grandchild]]: Ellen disapproves of Maxie trying on his mother's shoes and wanting to put on lipstick with his sisters; and complains that this is inappropriate behaviour for a boy.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Frankie was seeing Sarah behind Julie's back for six months. Nor does it appear to be the first time he's had an affair.
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* WeightWoe: Em feels very self-conscious about her weight, not helped by the kids at school bullying her for it and her gran wanting her to be on a diet. She appears to have lost some weight by the end of the book.
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* BullyMagnet: Em is made fun of at school for being fat while Maxie is taunted for being 'girly' and easily frightened.
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* GrewASpine: Julie starts out as a LoveMartyr, devastated by Frankie's breakup and still wanting him back despite him leaving her for another woman. By the end of the book she seems to have accepted that LoveCannotOvercome and decides against getting back into a relationship.
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* AffectionateNickname: Frankie's for Emily's is Emerald. The rest of the family call her Em.
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* AffectionateNickname: Frankie's for Emily's Emily is Emerald. The rest of the family call her Em.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Julie briefly takes up smoking again after Frankie leaves.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One for each of the kids on Christmas morning. Em keeps her siblings from waking their parents early by telling them a story; Maxie refuses to sleep in a proper bed and is easily distressed; Vita teases him by pretending all the presents are for her and enjoys her favourite story of a flattering version of her called Princess Vita.
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* GenerationXerox: It's implied Gran's husband, Julie's father, also walked out on her, which is why she's so anti-men.
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* GenerationXerox: It's implied Gran's husband, Julie's father, also walked out on her, which is why she's so anti-men.bitter about Julie's former partners.
* RecoveredAlcoholic: A throwaway line from Em's biological father about being off the drink suggests he is a former alcoholic.
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* SmokingIsNotCool: Sarah is a chainsmoker, and Vita calls her out on it. Julie used to be a smoker but gave it up when she met Frankie.
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* SmokingIsNotCool: Sarah is a chainsmoker, and Vita calls her out on it. Julie used to be a heavy smoker but gave it up when she met Frankie.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: Julie works herself to exhaustion trying to pay off the credit card bills from Christmas with no help from Frankie.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: Julie works herself to exhaustion trying to pay off the credit card bills from Christmas with no help from Frankie.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Frankie was seeing Sarah behind Julie's back for six months. Nor does it appear to be the first time he's had an affair.
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* AffectionateNickname: Frankie's for Emily's is Emerald. The rest of the family call her Em.
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* CompanionCube: Vita, Em's younger sister, has a toy reindeer called Dancer, which she carries around like a comfort blanket.
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* CompanionCube: Vita, Em's younger sister, has gets a toy reindeer called Dancer, Dancer for Christmas, which she carries around like a comfort blanket.blanket. Em herself finds and provides great comfort in animating the puppet like a real person with its own personality throughout the book.
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* TheStoryteller: Em often makes up stories for Vita and Maxie, later writing them down in a book. Frankie is also very good at making up stories which the children love.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Frankie. He's an imaginative, patient and doting father that loves all his kids dearly but is unable to face up to the distress he's caused the family and ends up running away from the problem altogether by cutting ties with them. He's also unable provide any financial support, leaving Julie to work off the bills in his stead.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Much of Ellen's harsher behaviour towards Julie is a cover for her worry.
* AnimalMotifs: Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo".
* AnimalMotifs: Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo".
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Much of Ellen's harsher behaviour towards Ellen worries for Julie's physical and emotional state and hates Frankie for leaving her in so much financial trouble. Unfortunately in his absence she directs her frustration at Julie is a cover and the children, browbeating her daughter for her worry.
crying and reacting with NoSympathy to their upset, which does little to improve the situation.
* AnimalMotifs: Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo". She also likens herself to a whale once or twice.
* AnimalMotifs: Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo". She also likens herself to a whale once or twice.
* DissapearedDad: Frankie leaving the family for another woman kicks off the story. After a few infrequent visits, he cuts contact with the family entirely and doesn't reappear again until late into the story.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Em's grandmother Ellen falls in love with a waiter during a holiday to Spain.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Em's grandmother Ellen falls in love with a waiter widower fives years younger than her during a holiday to Spain.
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* SmokingIsNotCool: Sarah is a chainsmoker, and Vita calls her out on it.
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* SmokingIsNotCool: Sarah is a chainsmoker, and Vita calls her out on it. Julie used to be a smoker but gave it up when she met Frankie.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Ellen, Em's grandmother, is very harsh towards Julie and her kids, . She
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Ellen, Em's grandmother, is very harsh Much of Ellen's harsher behaviour towards Julie and is a cover for her kids, . Sheworry.
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* GenerationXerox: It's implied Gran's husband, Julie's father, also walked out on her, which is why she's so anti-men.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Ellen after getting in a relationship with Eddie.
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* CrappyHolidays: Frankie leaves Julie at Christmas.
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* CrappyHolidays: Frankie leaves Julie at Christmas.Christmas, after getting caught on the phone with Sarah. Christmas Day is spent with he and Julie having an unholy row then making an attempt to pretend normalcy for the children's sake, followed by Frankie walking out the next day.
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* ImportantHaircut: Frankie has had one by the end of the book after deciding his long hair didn't make him look much like a responsible dad.
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* ImportantHaircut: Frankie has had one by the end of the book after deciding his long hair didn't make new girlfriend keeps nagging him look much like a responsible dad.about it.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While Ellen does come off as rude towards Frankie, she isn't wrong in stating that he does flake on the children.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While Ellen does come off as rude towards Frankie, she isn't wrong in stating that he does flake on the children. She also harshly derides Julie for wanting to take Frankie back, pointing out how badly he's treated her.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: Julie works herself to exhaustion trying to pay off the credit card bills from Christmas with no help from Frankie.
* SympatheticPov: Em and her half-siblings adore Frankie (Em's stepfather) but it can't be denied he cheated on their mother, took them out of school to an unknown location without telling anyone and then all but disappears from their lives for the rest of the year. Justified as they are children and don't fully comprehend the situation. All they want is for Dad to come back.
* SympatheticPov: Em and her half-siblings adore Frankie (Em's stepfather) but it can't be denied he cheated on their mother, took them out of school to an unknown location without telling anyone and then all but disappears from their lives for the rest of the year. Justified as they are children and don't fully comprehend the situation. All they want is for Dad to come back.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Refers to both Julie's insistence on a "clean break" with Frankie for the sake of the children; and Em breaking her arm, which ultimately brings Frankie back into their lives.
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* [[WantedAGenderConformingChild Wanted a Gender-Conforming Grandchild]]: Ellen disapproves of Maxie trying on his mother's shoes and wanting to put on lipstick with his sisters; and complains that this is inappropriate behaviour for a boy.
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* SharedUniverse: Em's favourite author, Jenna Williams, reappears in ovher book by Wilson. She is also a fan of Casper Dream, a character from ''Literature/{{Midnight}}''.
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* SharedUniverse: Em's favourite author, Jenna Williams, reappears in ovher book other books by Wilson. She Em is also a fan of Casper Dream, a character from ''Literature/{{Midnight}}''.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Em's younger brother Maxie displays a number of traits associated with autism, e.g. his sensory issues around food.
* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Em's younger brother Maxie displays a number of traits associated with autism, e.g. his sensory issues around food and clothes, and refusal to sleep in a bed.
* ImportantHaircut: Frankie has had one by the end of the book after deciding his long hair didn't make him look much like a responsible dad.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: Em's friend Jenny.
** Frankie also qualifies.
** Frankie also qualifies.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: Em's friend Jenny.
Jenny is described as having very pale skin and long black hair.
** Frankie alsoqualifies.qualifies and presumably so does Maxie, who is described as looking a lot like Frankie.
* SharedUniverse: Em's favourite author, Jenna Williams, reappears in ovher book by Wilson. She is also a fan of Casper Dream, a character from ''Literature/{{Midnight}}''.
** Frankie also
* SharedUniverse: Em's favourite author, Jenna Williams, reappears in ovher book by Wilson. She is also a fan of Casper Dream, a character from ''Literature/{{Midnight}}''.
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* ThoseTwoGirls: Jenny and Yvonne.
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* ThoseTwoGirls: Jenny and Yvonne.Yvonne.
* YoureNotMyFather: When Em's biological father Barry suggests he wants a relationship with her, she declines, saying she already has a dad (Frankie.)
* YoureNotMyFather: When Em's biological father Barry suggests he wants a relationship with her, she declines, saying she already has a dad (Frankie.)
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Clean Break is a novel by Creator/JacquelineWilson, originally published in 2005, revolving about a young girl called Em dealing with her parents' split.
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* CrappyHolidays: Frankie leaves Julie at Christmas.
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* DomesticAbuse: Em's biological father, Barry, was violent to her mother, but because Em was only very young when they left, she doesn't really remember him. When she runs into him at a fairground, [[BreakTheCycleOfBadParenting it appears he is a much better father to two toddler sons]].
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* DomesticAbuse: Em's biological father, Barry, was violent to her mother, but because Em was only very young when they left, she doesn't really remember him. When she runs into him at a fairground, [[BreakTheCycleOfBadParenting [[BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting it appears he is a much better father to two toddler sons]].
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** Frankie is also much taller than Sarah, who has a thin frame.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Sarah calls Vita "Em".
* MaliciousMisnaming: Sarah calls Vita "Em".
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** Frankie is also much taller than Sarah, who has a thin thin, waifish frame.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sarah is a rude, snarky woman who doesn't even try to interact with her stepchildren, and puts them down.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While Ellen does come off as rude towards Frankie, she isn't wrong in stating that he does flake on the children.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Sarah calls Vita"Em"."Em".
* MayDecemberRomance: Em's grandmother Ellen falls in love with a waiter during a holiday to Spain.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Em's friend Jenny.
** Frankie also qualifies.
* SmokingIsNotCool: Sarah is a chainsmoker, and Vita calls her out on it.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Jenny and Yvonne.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sarah is a rude, snarky woman who doesn't even try to interact with her stepchildren, and puts them down.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While Ellen does come off as rude towards Frankie, she isn't wrong in stating that he does flake on the children.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Sarah calls Vita
* MayDecemberRomance: Em's grandmother Ellen falls in love with a waiter during a holiday to Spain.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Em's friend Jenny.
** Frankie also qualifies.
* SmokingIsNotCool: Sarah is a chainsmoker, and Vita calls her out on it.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Jenny and Yvonne.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Em's younger brother Maxie displays a number of traits associated with autism, e.g. his sensory issues around food.
* AmbiguousEnding: Em, her mother, brother and sister run downstairs after hearing someone pretending to be Father Christmas, heavily implying that her stepfather Frankie has returned, and with Em stating it will be "the best Christmas ever".
* AnimalMotifs: Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo".
** Em also states that Sarah, Frankie's girlfriend, likens her and her siblings to stray dogs.
* BigEater: Em.
* BoyishShortHair: Sarah has black stubble.
* CompanionCube: Vita, Em's younger sister, has a toy reindeer called Dancer, which she carries around like a comfort blanket.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sarah, Frankie's girlfriend.
** Em's friend, Yvonne, also qualifies.
* DomesticAbuse: Em's biological father, Barry, was violent to her mother, but because Em was only very young when they left, she doesn't really remember him. When she runs into him at a fairground, [[BreakTheCycleOfBadParenting it appears he is a much better father to two toddler sons]].
* {{Expy}}: Jenna Williams, Em's favourite author, is a paper-thin parody of Jacqueline Wilson, all the way down to her physical appearance.
* FieryRedHead: Em's friend Yvonne has a sharp tongue and isn't afraid to speak her mind.
* GoodParents: Julie, Em's mother, is kind and loving, despite the struggles the family are facing.
** Em's grandmother, Ellen, also qualifies as this to Julie; while she can be short-tempered, her family's wellbeing is paramount to her.
* GoodStepmother: [[GenderInvertedTrope A male version]]. Frankie loves Em, even though he isn't actually her biological father.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Em and Julie both qualify.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Em's biological father Barry is a towering, obese man who dwarfs both his ex and current wife.
** Frankie is also much taller than Sarah, who has a thin frame.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Sarah calls Vita "Em".
!!Tropes:
* AmbiguousDisorder: Em's younger brother Maxie displays a number of traits associated with autism, e.g. his sensory issues around food.
* AmbiguousEnding: Em, her mother, brother and sister run downstairs after hearing someone pretending to be Father Christmas, heavily implying that her stepfather Frankie has returned, and with Em stating it will be "the best Christmas ever".
* AnimalMotifs: Em is often likened to a hippopotamus, with her stocky frame, and the fact that bullies in school refer to her as "The Hippo".
** Em also states that Sarah, Frankie's girlfriend, likens her and her siblings to stray dogs.
* BigEater: Em.
* BoyishShortHair: Sarah has black stubble.
* CompanionCube: Vita, Em's younger sister, has a toy reindeer called Dancer, which she carries around like a comfort blanket.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sarah, Frankie's girlfriend.
** Em's friend, Yvonne, also qualifies.
* DomesticAbuse: Em's biological father, Barry, was violent to her mother, but because Em was only very young when they left, she doesn't really remember him. When she runs into him at a fairground, [[BreakTheCycleOfBadParenting it appears he is a much better father to two toddler sons]].
* {{Expy}}: Jenna Williams, Em's favourite author, is a paper-thin parody of Jacqueline Wilson, all the way down to her physical appearance.
* FieryRedHead: Em's friend Yvonne has a sharp tongue and isn't afraid to speak her mind.
* GoodParents: Julie, Em's mother, is kind and loving, despite the struggles the family are facing.
** Em's grandmother, Ellen, also qualifies as this to Julie; while she can be short-tempered, her family's wellbeing is paramount to her.
* GoodStepmother: [[GenderInvertedTrope A male version]]. Frankie loves Em, even though he isn't actually her biological father.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Em and Julie both qualify.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Em's biological father Barry is a towering, obese man who dwarfs both his ex and current wife.
** Frankie is also much taller than Sarah, who has a thin frame.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Sarah calls Vita "Em".
