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* HeroesWantRedheads: [[spoiler:Amelia falls in love with the red-haired Dylan]].
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* PyschoSupporter: Zadie to Dylan. Zadie genuinely cares about Dylan, but it doesn't stop her from doing some nasty things for "Dylan's own good."
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* PyschoSupporter: PsychoSupporter: Zadie to Dylan. Zadie genuinely cares about Dylan, but it doesn't stop her from doing some nasty things for "Dylan's own good."
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* AlphaBitch: Zadie Smith, one of the leaders of the Magpies/Maggies.
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* BreakTheCutie: Happens to Amelia after she joins the Magpies. [[spoiler:She dies ''just'' as it seems she might be able to recover and become her old self again.]] Also, Kate, after Amelia dies.
* ButchLesbian: [[spoiler:Amelia]].
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Those nude photos of Amelia...]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:...Which were taken by Ian, making him this.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:...Which were taken by Ian, making him this.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:Dylan]] is said by her mother to have some manner of social disorder, heavily implied to be Asperger's, but whether or not her mother is actually telling the truth is left vague.
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* PoisonousFriend: Zadie to Dylan. Zadie genuinely cares about Dylan, but it doesn't stop her from doing some nasty things for "Dylan's own good."
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* PyschoSupporter: Zadie to Dylan. Zadie genuinely cares about Dylan, but it doesn't stop her from doing some nasty things for "Dylan's own good."
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* StudentsSecretSociety: Student-run clubs are officially banned at Grace Hall thanks to a long history of hazing that culminated in an incident where a student died, but they've popped back up and continue to operate in secret - including the Magpies, which Amelia is invited to join. She does, and the hazing quickly proves to still be alive and well. [[spoiler:It turns out the headmaster of Grace Hall is ''well aware'' of the clubs still being active, but thanks to several of the members' parents being on the school board, he can't do anything to shut them down. He's been investigating and collecting evidence on his own for a while so he can finally show irrefutable proof of what's going on and have the clubs shut down for good. He ultimately succeeds, but sadly, not until Amelia has died thanks to her involvement with the Magpies.]]
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** Similarly, Kate is surprised to see Jeremy weeping at Amelia's funeral, and reflects that she never realized how much he cared about the two of them. [[spoiler:Given that Amelia's his daughter, and he can't show how much he's grieving her loss, Jeremy crying at her funeral makes a lot of sense.]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Amelia dies when she's only fifteen, leaving her mother Kate behind.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Amelia dies when she's only fifteen, leaving her mother Kate behind. [[spoiler:And her father, Jeremy.]]
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* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: Clubs, although theorically banned, have huge influence and are able to brutally haze members with abandon. [[spoiler:After reveals about Amelia's death, the ban is enforced]].
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* AdultFear: Besides the most obvious one, OutlivingOnesOffspring, the story is otherwise full of this.
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* SkunkStripe: Zadie has a white lock of hair. [[spoiler:This is actually a clue that she and Amelia share a father.]]
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* SharedUnusualTrait: Three related characters in the story have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waardenburg_syndrome Waardenburg syndrome]], but who they are isn't immediately obvious because it's expressed in different ways: [[spoiler:Jeremy's hair went grey early, Amelia has heterochromia and Zadie has a SkunkStripe]].
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* SharedUnusualTrait: Three related characters in the story have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waardenburg_syndrome Waardenburg syndrome]], but who they are isn't immediately obvious because it's expressed in different ways: [[spoiler:Jeremy's hair went grey early, Amelia has heterochromia and Zadie has a SkunkStripe]].skunk stripe]].
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Zadie and Dylan are so close, even Amelia wonders if there's something deeper there.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: HomoeroticSubtext:
** Zadie and Dylan are so close, even Amelia wonders if there's something deeperthere.there.
** Amelia's admiration of Dylan is so intense that at times it appears romantic. [[spoiler:And it was-- Amelia's a lesbian.]]
** Zadie and Dylan are so close, even Amelia wonders if there's something deeper
** Amelia's admiration of Dylan is so intense that at times it appears romantic. [[spoiler:And it was-- Amelia's a lesbian.]]
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Zadie and Dylan are so close, even Amelia wonders if there's something deeper there.
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** When Kate is visited by a member of the PTO named Adele Goodwin shortly after Amelia dies there's a throwaway line about how she thought Amelia's MismatchedEyes were so pretty. [[spoiler:The woman is actually Zadie's mother, who uses this knowledge to confirm that Amelia's father was also Jeremy.]]
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** When Kate is visited by a member of the PTO named Adele Goodwin shortly after Amelia dies there's a throwaway line about how she thought Amelia's MismatchedEyes eyes were so pretty. [[spoiler:The woman is actually Zadie's mother, who uses this knowledge to confirm that Amelia's father was also Jeremy.]]
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* MismatchedEyes: Amelia has these, which causes Zadie to call her "crazy eyes". It actually ends up being important because [[spoiler:this was how Jeremy and Adele realized he was actually her father.]]
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* MismatchedEyes: MadEye: Amelia has these, heterochromia, which causes Zadie to call her "crazy eyes". It actually ends up being important because [[spoiler:this was how Jeremy and Adele realized he was actually her father.]]
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* SchoolgirlLesbians: [[spoiler:Dylan and Amelia]].
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* SuicideByPills: After her daughter dies, Kate begins actively contemplating killing herself and works out that she'd do it with a pill overdose in bed. However, she decides against it, since she believes she deserves to live with her guilt as a punishment for not preventing her daughter's (alleged) suicide.
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* OneNightStandPregnancy: [[spoiler:Double subverted. Kate tells Amelia her father was a NiceGuy she shared a lovely night with, and she didn't know she was pregnant until he had left the country. However, this is a lie; she got pregnant while having a sexual relationship with Daniel, who isn't nice at all. Their relationship was not a happy or meaningful one, and Kate fears knowing that would hurt Amelia. ''Then'' it turns out Daniel wasn't really her father anyway: Jeremy is, even though Kate only had sex with him one time.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: All over the place, but the most plot important is [[spoiler:Jeremy, Kate's boss. He claims to have stopped years ago but has slept around enough to father ''at least two'' illegitimate children a couple years apart and is convinced that his wife will leave him as soon as she finds out]].
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** [[spoiler:Dylan is polite and amiable, but she doesn't hesitate to ditch Amelia when Zadie outs her. In this case, it's less "bitchy" and more "''incredibly weak-willed and flaky."]]
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** [[spoiler:Dylan is polite and amiable, but she doesn't hesitate to ditch Amelia when Zadie outs her. In this case, it's less "bitchy" and more "''incredibly "''incredibly'' weak-willed and flaky."]]
** Early on, Sylvia snarkily says that for all Amelia knows, [[spoiler:her online BFF Ben could be a serial killer or something. It's not anywhere near ''that'' bad, but it does turn out that "Ben" isn't at ''all'' who he says he is.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: There's very little you can say about Dylan that doesn't relate to most of the twists and turns in the book.
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** [[spoiler:It's also pretty hard to talk about Ben without getting into spoilers, once you know the truth about him.]]
** There's very little you can say about Dylan that doesn't relate to most of the twists and turns in the
** [[spoiler:It's also pretty hard to talk about Ben without getting into spoilers, once you know the truth about him.]]
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* KidsAreCruel / TeensAreMonsters: Grace Hall has a history of unauthorized student clubs doing terrible things to other kids, which is why they are officially banned.
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* SiblingYinYang: [[spoiler:Zadie and Amelia couldn't be less alike if they tried.]]
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** Grace Hall has a history of unauthorized student clubs doing terrible things to other kids, which is why they are officially banned. The Magpies, at least, require their members to do things like steal answer keys and harass teachers, and the inter-group conflict can get downright toxic.
** Zadie Smith is an extremely aggressive bully, who [[spoiler:leads a school-wide hazing session when she outs Amelia as a lesbian]].
** Grace Hall has a history of unauthorized student clubs doing terrible things to other kids, which is why they are officially banned. The Magpies, at least, require their members to do things like steal answer keys and harass teachers, and the inter-group conflict can get downright toxic.
** Zadie Smith is an extremely aggressive bully, who [[spoiler:leads a school-wide hazing session when she outs Amelia as a lesbian]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kate is a perfectly nice lady who's usually polite to everyone she meets. [[spoiler:But after Ian makes one too many suggestive comments about Amelia, she punches him in the face.]]
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* KeepingSecretsSucks: Does it ever!
** Amelia has an extremely difficult time keeping all her secrets in line as she gets more and more involved with the Magpies, and is relieved to tell Sylvia a couple. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the one secret she ''didn't'' tell Sylvia is the one that gets her killed.]] Throughout, she hates having to lie to her mother, as she's never really done that before.
** Kate clearly isn't proud of lying to Amelia about her paternity, and deeply regrets that she never told Amelia the truth before she died.
** Amelia has an extremely difficult time keeping all her secrets in line as she gets more and more involved with the Magpies, and is relieved to tell Sylvia a couple. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the one secret she ''didn't'' tell Sylvia is the one that gets her killed.]] Throughout, she hates having to lie to her mother, as she's never really done that before.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing:
** [[spoiler:Liv, the seemingly nice and funny English teacher, actually runs a blog that spreads malicious gossip about the students.]]
** [[spoiler:Dylan is polite and amiable, but she doesn't hesitate to ditch Amelia when Zadie outs her. In this case, it's less "bitchy" and more "''incredibly weak-willed and flaky."]]
** [[spoiler:Liv, the seemingly nice and funny English teacher, actually runs a blog that spreads malicious gossip about the students.]]
** [[spoiler:Dylan is polite and amiable, but she doesn't hesitate to ditch Amelia when Zadie outs her. In this case, it's less "bitchy" and more "''incredibly weak-willed and flaky."]]
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* CentralTheme: Keeping secrets and avoiding difficult discussions does more harm than good.
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* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: [[spoiler:Amelia, thanks to Zadie taking a video of Amelia and Dylan naked together. Dylan dodges this because Zadie deliberately shot the footage in a way that kept Dylan's face out of frame.]]
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** Jeremy being so supportive and helpful to Kate, both before and after Amelia dies. [[spoiler:It's not just because Kate is his friend and valued employee -- she's the mother of his child! Jeremy's fondness of Amelia and his willingness to help Kate get justice for her death makes even more sense when you realize Jeremy knows Amelia is his daughter.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Adele hates Kate because, allegedly, Jeremy was going to leave his wife for Adele before Kate came into the picture. Whether this is actually true is unclear.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jeremy is a complicated case. [[spoiler:Yes, he's a serial cheater and a bit of a sleazebag, but he genuinely cares about Kate and Amelia. And while pretending to be Ben definitely wasn't okay, he did it because he wanted to get to know Amelia, his daughter.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: See CentralTheme. So much heartache could've been avoided if these people would've just ''talked to each other''.
** Most notably, Amelia probably wouldn't have died if she'd told Kate about the Magpies. Or if she'd been honest when the headmaster asked her about it.
** Amelia likely wouldn't have been as shaken by the texts she received if Kate had been more honest about Amelia's paternity. Amelia always suspected the story Kate told her wasn't ''quite'' right, so the text just confirms it. [[spoiler:To be fair, Kate didn't know the truth about Amelia's father either. Which brings us to our next point...]]
** [[spoiler:Jeremy could've spared himself and others a lot of pain if he'd just said five words: "Kate, I am Amelia's father."]]
** Most notably, Amelia probably wouldn't have died if she'd told Kate about the Magpies. Or if she'd been honest when the headmaster asked her about it.
** Amelia likely wouldn't have been as shaken by the texts she received if Kate had been more honest about Amelia's paternity. Amelia always suspected the story Kate told her wasn't ''quite'' right, so the text just confirms it. [[spoiler:To be fair, Kate didn't know the truth about Amelia's father either. Which brings us to our next point...]]
** [[spoiler:Jeremy could've spared himself and others a lot of pain if he'd just said five words: "Kate, I am Amelia's father."]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: All over the place, but the most plot important is [[spoiler:Jeremy, Kate's boss. He claims to have stopped years ago but has slept around enough to father ''at least two'' illegitimate children a couple years apart and is convinced that his wife will leave him as soon as she finds out]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: All over the place, but the most plot important is [[spoiler:Jeremy, Kate's boss. He claims to have stopped years ago but has slept around enough to father ''at least two'' illegitimate children a couple years apart and is convinced that his wife will leave him as soon as she finds out]].out]].
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* InWithTheInCrowd: Being asked to join the Magpies is a ''big'' deal. Despite thinking most of the rules and traditions are stupid, and outright loathing the leader, Zadie, Amelia sticks around, both out of a desire to be part of a cool, elite club, and because [[spoiler:she's slowly falling for Dylan]].
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As awful as Zadie is, she does really care about her best friend, Dylan, and she also seems to genuinely like her stepfather.
