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| 3 | Connie Finnegan and Samuel Sheppard are both single parents. Connie has 13 children from her first marriage. Samuel has 10. When they announce their engagement, HilarityEnsues. |
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| 5 | The book is a first-person novel that regularly switches narrators, between Scooter Finnegan and Rory Sheppard. It documents the family after the marriage, as everyone adjusts to moving to a new city with new siblings. |
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| 7 | !! This book provides examples for the following tropes: |
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| 9 | %%* AlphaBitch: Bug-Eye Kate. A MUCH milder example is Evangelina. |
| 10 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: According to Rory, the Finnegans are so diverse in looks. Her specific examples are Nora (blonde), Dana (Brunette), and Jimi (Red Head). None of them actually have the specific traits that come with their hair colors, though. |
| 11 | %%* CheerfulChild: Winnie, Tim, and Lorelei Sheppard, and Alphonse, Jonathan, Dana, and Jimi Finnegan. |
| 12 | %%* CoolBigSis: Half of the characters, though Piper, Rory, Scooter, Annie, Nora, and Quinn are more specific examples. |
| 13 | * GenderBlenderName: Scooter, Rory, and Jimi. All girls. |
| 14 | %%* HalfIdenticalTwins: Jonathan and Dana |
| 15 | * HeroicBSOD: Rory goes into this, [[BreakingTheFourthWall refusing to narrate her chapters]], after [[spoiler: Scooter goes into a coma.]] |
| 16 | %%* KidsAreCruel: The kids at the new schools. Bug-Eye Kate Matthews especially for Scooter and Rory |
| 17 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: Thirteen Finnegans, ten Sheppards, 23 kids total. Originally, it was one family with 43 kids. Taken down to more realistic standards. |
| 18 | * TeamPet: Quincy, Alphonse's pet snake. |
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