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A series of novels published under the name of Creator/VCAndrews, but written entirely by the ghostwriter who had previously written sequels to several of Andrews's novels.
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A series of novels published under the name of Creator/VCAndrews, but written entirely by the ghostwriter who had previously written sequels to several of Andrews's novels.
Creator/AndrewNeiderman.
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* ButNotTooBlack: Raven is half-black, half-Latina. This is mentioned exactly once, and her race is downplayed for the rest of the series.
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* BabiesEverAfter: The couple who adopt Butterfly have a baby boy after Butterfly's presence and positive influence in their lives help them move forward after the death of their own IllGirl years ago.
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* IllGirl: Butterfly is prone to falling into catatonic stupors and becomes gravely ill when the girls take to the road.
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* BabiesEverAfter: The couple who adopt Butterfly have a baby boy after Butterfly's presence and positive influence in their lives help them move forward after the death of their own IllGirl years ago.
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* TokenMinority: Raven.
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* TokenMinority: Raven.
Raven, though to a downplayed extent since her mixed heritage is mentioned very few times.
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* AbusiveParents: Oh boy. This series has some ''very'' horrifying examples.
** Celine, Butterfly's adopted mother, tries to regain her success as a ballerina after an accident paralyzes her by pushing poor Butterfly to her limits (even when the instructor specifically said not to) to the point where she starts to get catatonic spells that linger on even in ''Runaways''.
** Pamela forces Brooke to be a model and tries her damnedest to forbid her from her true passion (baseball).
** Raven gets the worst of it from her uncle who not only abuses her physically and sexually but claims he had to do it because Raven was such a bad seed (blaming her for actions his ill-behaved daughter did because she blamed Raven).
** Don't think that Crystal escapes it simply because her adopted parents were actually really nice people albeit rather quirky. The reason why the girls escape in ''Runaways'' is only really kicked off when Gordon Tooey molests Crystal when she's in the bath.
* AdultsAreUseless: Sandford, Peter, and Clara try to be welcoming to the girls but are cowed by their more dominant and, in Clara's case, abusive spouse to do what they say.
** Celine, Butterfly's adopted mother, tries to regain her success as a ballerina after an accident paralyzes her by pushing poor Butterfly to her limits (even when the instructor specifically said not to) to the point where she starts to get catatonic spells that linger on even in ''Runaways''.
** Pamela forces Brooke to be a model and tries her damnedest to forbid her from her true passion (baseball).
** Raven gets the worst of it from her uncle who not only abuses her physically and sexually but claims he had to do it because Raven was such a bad seed (blaming her for actions his ill-behaved daughter did because she blamed Raven).
** Don't think that Crystal escapes it simply because her adopted parents were actually really nice people albeit rather quirky. The reason why the girls escape in ''Runaways'' is only really kicked off when Gordon Tooey molests Crystal when she's in the bath.
* AdultsAreUseless: Sandford, Peter, and Clara try to be welcoming to the girls but are cowed by their more dominant and, in Clara's case, abusive spouse to do what they say.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Raven's cousin Jennifer who makes life even more of a hell for Raven when she lives with her aunt and uncle.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: While none of the girls are raped, Butterfly, Crystal, and Raven are molested at points by men who have power over them in some way and all three of them are rather sadistic and villainous.
* RoadTripPlot: ''Runaways''
* RoadTripPlot: ''Runaways''
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* RoadTripPlot: ''Runaways''
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* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Played with. Social Services ''do'' exist and are a major background force in all the girls' lives, but just as frequently harm as help, occasionally overlapping with PoliceAreUseless. It might be said that Social Service Do Not Exist unless it's convenient to the plot.
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* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Played with. Social Services ''do'' ''does'' exist and are is a major background force in all the girls' lives, but considering that as orphans, they're all familiar with CPS and foster care. But Social Services just as frequently harm harms as help, helps, occasionally overlapping with PoliceAreUseless. It might be said that Social Service Do Services Does Not Exist unless it's convenient to the plot.
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* HarsherInHindsight: On a roadtrip [[spoiler: after escaping the OrphanageOfFear]], the girls travel through [[BigApplesauce New York City]], where Brooke admires the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers...then thinks to herself that the commuter jets are flying so low, they might crash into the tall buildings. ''Ouch.''
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* ImGoingToDisneyWorld: Both Butterfly and Raven seem to imagine a trip to Disneyland to be the ultimate symbol of having a real family, and Brooke scornfully tells another girl that a trip to Disneyland with a family is like science fiction to her.
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It revolves around four girls who meet and become friends in an OrphanageOfFear.
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This unusual format of four short novellas culminating in a full-length adventure established a pattern that would endure for two more series (''Wildflowers'' and ''Shooting Stars'') and would mark the transition between the traditional five-novel Andrews sagas and future shorter series.
* SocialServicesDoNotExist: Played with. Social Services ''do'' exist and are a major background force in all the girls' lives, but just as frequently harm as help, occasionally overlapping with PoliceAreUseless. It might be said that Social Service Do Not Exist unless it's convenient to the plot.
* RoadTripPlot: ''Runaways''
* RoadTripPlot: ''Runaways''
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* ButNotTooBlack: Raven is half-black, half-Latina. This is mentioned exactly once, and her race is downplayed for the rest of the series.
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* DrugsAreBad: In spite of their environments, all the girls have a unified Drugs Are Bad attitude, which culminates to near VerySpecialEpisode levels in ''Runaways.''
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* HarsherInHindsight: On a roadtrip [[spoiler: after escaping the OrphanageOfFear]], the girls travel through [[BigApplesauce New York City]], where Brooke admires the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers...then thinks to herself that the commuter jets are flying so low, they might crash into the tall buildings. ''Ouch.''
* IllGirl: Butterfly is prone to falling into catatonic stupors and becomes gravely ill when the girls take to the road.
* IllGirl: Butterfly is prone to falling into catatonic stupors and becomes gravely ill when the girls take to the road.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Refreshingly subverted. The girls eventually find their way to a Native American reservation, where they are taken in by a modern Navajo couple. Navajo culture and reservation life is mentioned in passing, but the context is natural and respectful.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Brooke is tall, athletic, enjoys physical activity, and cuts her hair short, leading several characters to mock her on the grounds that she's too masculine to ever be attractive. Brooke eventually comes to believe it herself [[spoiler: until she meets a boy who finds her attractive because of those characteristics, rather than in spite of them]].
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Brooke is tall, athletic, enjoys physical activity, and cuts her hair short, leading several characters to mock her on the grounds that she's too masculine to ever be attractive. Brooke eventually comes to believe it herself [[spoiler: until she meets a boy who finds her attractive because of those characteristics, rather than in spite of them]].
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A series of novels published under the name of Creator/VCAndrews, but written entirely by the ghostwriter who had previously written sequels to several of Andrews's novels.
It revolves around four girls who meet and become friends in an OrphanageOfFear.
Novels in the series:
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* ''Butterfly'' (1998)
* ''Crystal'' (1998)
* ''Brooke'' (1998)
* ''Raven'' (1998)
* ''Runaways'' (1998)
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: "Butterfly" for Janet.
* DiabolusExMachina: Crystal's adoptive parents are killed in a car crash and she has to return to an orphanage; she even [[LampshadeHanging says]] that it's too much like one of the soap operas her adoptive mother used to watch to be real.
* FourGirlEnsemble: Butterfly (the naive, sweet one), Brooke (the tomboy), Raven (the sexy one), and Crystal (the TeamMom).
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Butterfly (phlegmatic), Crystal (melancholic), Brooke (sanguine), and Raven (choleric/melancholic).
* HappilyAdopted: Crystal probably would have been reasonably happy with her adoptive family if the DiabolusExMachina hadn't come crashing down on her, and Butterfly does eventually get adopted by a family who genuinely loves and cherishes her.
* ImportantHaircut: Brooke cuts her hair when she realizes that she can't live with an adoptive mother who tries to mold her into something she's not (she wants to be an athlete, her mother wants her to be a model).
* OrphanageOfFear: The foster home where Butterfly, Crystal, Brooke and Raven all meet. It ''looks'' like a good place to live, but...
* OrphansOrdeal: The main plot of the series.
* TokenMinority: Raven.
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It revolves around four girls who meet and become friends in an OrphanageOfFear.
Novels in the series:
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* ''Butterfly'' (1998)
* ''Crystal'' (1998)
* ''Brooke'' (1998)
* ''Raven'' (1998)
* ''Runaways'' (1998)
[[/index]]
!!This series contains examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: "Butterfly" for Janet.
* DiabolusExMachina: Crystal's adoptive parents are killed in a car crash and she has to return to an orphanage; she even [[LampshadeHanging says]] that it's too much like one of the soap operas her adoptive mother used to watch to be real.
* FourGirlEnsemble: Butterfly (the naive, sweet one), Brooke (the tomboy), Raven (the sexy one), and Crystal (the TeamMom).
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Butterfly (phlegmatic), Crystal (melancholic), Brooke (sanguine), and Raven (choleric/melancholic).
* HappilyAdopted: Crystal probably would have been reasonably happy with her adoptive family if the DiabolusExMachina hadn't come crashing down on her, and Butterfly does eventually get adopted by a family who genuinely loves and cherishes her.
* ImportantHaircut: Brooke cuts her hair when she realizes that she can't live with an adoptive mother who tries to mold her into something she's not (she wants to be an athlete, her mother wants her to be a model).
* OrphanageOfFear: The foster home where Butterfly, Crystal, Brooke and Raven all meet. It ''looks'' like a good place to live, but...
* OrphansOrdeal: The main plot of the series.
* TokenMinority: Raven.
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