Jayni's mother in Lola Rose leaves her two young children alone while she works a bar job late at night, eventually leaving them for several days when she goes into hospital for an operation (although they are able to trace their estranged aunt, and get help.) Most on the time this isn't deliberate, though Jayni mentions that Nikki has often stayed out without warning, leaving her to look after her brother.

The art teacher in Girls Out Late. Ellie is thrilled when his girlfriend tells her she's his favourite student. He's also very considerate with Magda when she confesses her crush on him, dealing with the situation kindly and discreetly but professionally.

Will in Midnight has green eyes and generally fits the symbolism associated with this trope. Becomes a plot point when Violet sees that in a baby photo "Will" had blue eyes - when he was past the age where they might naturally have changed colour. Though she does leave her at one point in the story, Star won't tolerate anybody bullying Dolphin while she's around. The Longest Whale Song has Ella almost drown when trying to swim underwater and not coming up for air early enough because a whale wouldn't need to, apparently not understanding that humans have a different lung capacity. Even when she hears that she nearly drowned, she feels confused because she was only underwater for a minute. Biscuits forgives Gemma in Best Friends for bullying, ignoring and stalking him, which she did because she blamed him for foiling her and Alice's escape attempt, which he didn't even do intentionally. Gemma lampshades this out loud, to which Biscuits replies jokingly that he enjoyed making her feel guilty.

Jailbait Taboo: Some of the other girls in Baby Love are likely to have gotten their children this way, but Sarah in particular tells Laura that her baby's father was a Sunday School teacher. Tragically, she believes she made him do it because he was attracted to her and prays every night to make sure no other men are attracted to her. She may be at the age of consent, but the attitudes of the time make it this. Applicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for UK or EU consumers do not apply to certain products and services. Ellen (Gran) – Em, Vita and Maxie's grandmother and Julie's mother who tends to get very stroppy at times. However, she really wants the very best for her family, and seeing her beloved daughter and grandchildren feeling so sad and hopeless is purely heartbreaking for her. She holds a strong grudge against Frankie (their Dad), but she also wishes she could wave a magic wand and make everything alright.Drugs Are Bad - In Rose Rivers, Nurse Budd uses a medicine to keep Beth compliant. Beth keeps asking for more, and Rose becomes concerned that there's something wrong. She eventually discovers that the substance has Opium in it, and Beth has become addicted to it. The doctor states that Rose may have saved her life by consulting him. Eye Scream: In Emerald Star, Gideon is discharged from the army because he lost an eye in the course of duty (and is close to losing the sight in the other one.) This apparently happened due to having so much guilt about shooting another man that he kept seeing it, so he attempted to blind himself. Dixie in the finale of The Diamond Girls, after catching Mary and breaking both legs. Her mother reassures her that she's young and will heal in no time. Implied to have been the case with Katy's parents in Katy; Katy's father has gray hair and is a senior doctor (suggesting he is middle-aged) whereas her mother is described as having been very young. His second wife Izzie is also mentioned as being much younger than him. Tracy and Cam concoct a 'charm to be with a loved one on a festive occasion' for Christmas. Tracy neglects to mention her mother's name during it and ends up spending the day with Cam. She later wonders if she was Cam's loved one and if the charm actually did work.

Floss is very close with her father, Charlie, so much so that her mother seems jealous at times of their bond. The fact that she chooses to stay with him instead of going to Australia with her mother is proof enough, although she makes it clear that his disorganized lifestyle and chip-related work leads to problems in Floss' school and social life throughout the book. Examples include The Suitcase Kid where every chapter is named after a letter of the alphabet, starting with 'A is for Andy' and ending with 'Z is for Zoe'Death by Childbirth: In The Longest Whale Song, Ella's mother goes into a very dangerous and life-threatening coma from eclampsia after the birth of Ella's baby brother. The trope is ultimately averted as she wakes at the end of the book. Miss Oliver from My Mum Tracy Beaker becomes this. She looks out for Jess and is very understanding when she gets popular after Tracy starts dating Sean and helping her after they break up. The two develop a friendship outside of school, especially after she and Cam become friends.

Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition - In Midnight, Violet owns a first edition copy of The Smoke Fairy by Casper Dream, which is now highly prized by collectors (it is his first published work and only a few copies exist, as it was subsequently banned from sale.) Violet's aware of how valuable it would be, but treasures it so much that she will never sell it. Lame Pun Reaction - Elsa gets a number of these in The Bed and Breakfast Star; she wants to be a comedian, but all the jokes she knows are incredibly cheesy. She later discovers people find her more entertaining when she's not actively trying to be funny. In Katy, Katy's parents are suspicious of her new friend Imogen partly because Imogen calls her father by his given name.Even the Guys Want Him - Midnight: "All the girls at my school are in love with Will. And some of the boys." In Clean Break, she commutes between love and desertion, fun and responsibility. She is especially good at writing about the gallantry of children, their determination to go on being children and having fun. But, at the same time, her children (Em resembles Wilson's earlier heroine, Lola Rose) are often compelled to be more mature than their guardians. India from Secrets is overweight, but also comes top at school despite it being ultra-academic. At the end of the book, she mentions an IQ test she took, where she scored 150. Missing Mom - Hetty Feather centres around the heroine, an ostensibly abandoned Victorian girl, trying to find her mother. She does. The main character is a young girl called Emily, or Princess Emerald to her imaginative Dad, who lives with her mum Julie, her six-year-old half-sister Vita and her three-year-old half-brother Maxie in their grandmother Ellen's house. Although her dad is technically only her step-dad, Em and her siblings all love him completely. Emily is highly sensitive (as a lot of characters are), and is very insecure about her weight. On Christmas Day Emily and Vita and Maxie receive their presents. Vita gets a special reindeer hand-puppet which they name Dancer, Maxie gets a set of felt tip pens and Em gets an emerald ring. Later that day Em overhears a conversation her dad is having and realizes that he is having a secret affair. Emily confronts her father, and he owns up to his cheating, and by the next morning he has left.