Belonging and family change
Tracy lives with a foster mother she views as mean and waits for her birth mother to return.
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Jacqueline Wilson - Author
A lively, outspoken story about Tracy Beaker using dares and storytelling to respond to an unhappy foster placement, an unwanted school change and her hope that her birth mother will return.
A fabulous new cover look for this brilliant story starring Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson's most enduring and popular characterI'M TRACY BEAKER, THE GREAT INVENTOR OF EXTREMELY OUTRAGEOUS DARES - AND I DARE YOU TO READ A MORE BRILLIANT STORY THAN THIS!I've bought a big fat purple notebook for writing down all my mega-manic ultra-scary stories in. But especially for my own story. Of how my foster-mum, Cam, has turned out to be a real meanie. No designer clothes, when I really need them. A pokey flat, and a horrible new school. No wonder I bunk off... Still, it will have to do until my real mum comes and gets me. And until then, no-one is going to be better at the Dare Game than Tracy Beaker!
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively, outspoken story about Tracy Beaker using dares and storytelling to respond to an unhappy foster placement, an unwanted school change and her hope that her birth mother will return.
Tracy lives with a foster mother she views as mean and waits for her birth mother to return.
Tracy writes dramatic stories, claims expertise in dares and says she skips school because of her circumstances.
Pay attention to how the book presents Tracy’s dares, truancy and judgements about her foster home.
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