Written by award-winning author Dame Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt, the Tracy Beaker series explores the issues of fostering, adoption and being in care. All written as seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Tracy who lives in a children's home due to neglect from her own mother. Her dream is to one day have a real home with a real family. In the meantime her adventures are told from her experiences in the children’s home, otherwise known as The Dumping Ground. Her feisty but funny nature sees her regularly breaking the rules and putting her wild imagination to use, resulting in her often making as many enemies as she does friends. Follow Tracy’s story in her own words through 4 books and share her hopes for the future in these beautifully observed, touching and often very funny tales.
The Story of Tracy Beaker was adapted into a TV series for CBBC in 2002 proving hugely popular and followed by a spin-off series called Tracy Beaker Returns.
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All the Tracy Beaker books in order:-
Book 1: The Story of Tracy Beaker (1991)
Book 2: The Dare Game (2000)
Book 3: Starring Tracy Beaker (2006)
Book 4: My Mum Tracy Beaker (2018)
Book 5: We are the Beaker Girls (2019)
In this instalment we get to see Tracy in her element as she is picked to be the star of the show. It's still awful living in the Dumping Ground with ...
Tracy is back but this time her story is told by her young daughter Jess. The only thing that Jess gets from her mother is her hair. She is much calme...
Loved this book as a kid, just reread it as an adult and its still as fantastic as it was then. Tracy is now living with Cam but things get turned ups...