"The Story of Tracy Beaker The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's book first published in 1991, written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. The book is told from the point of view of Tracy Beaker, a troubled ten-year-old girl. The reason Tracy is often unhappy and has problems with her behaviour because she is lonely, frustrated and feels unloved. Tracy resides in a children's residential care home (nicknamed ""The Dumping Ground"") where she has been placed as a result of neglect and domestic violence. Her mother often left Tracy to stay by herself when Tracy"
"Wilson was 19. Two years later, they had a daughter, Emma. They divorced in 2004. When Wilson focused on writing, she completed a few crime fiction novels before dedicating herself to children's books. At the age of 40, she took A-level English and earned a grade A. She had mixed success with about 40 books before the breakthrough to fame in 1991 with ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", published by Doubleday. Two decades later, Wilson lives in a Victorian villa in Kingston upon Thames. It is filled with books; her library of some 15,000 books extends into the outbuilding at"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's drama media franchise that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care. The franchise began with the publication of ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on 14 February 1991. Since then, the franchise has had four further books and a book to be published in 2018, three television series and their spin-offs, a television movie, a Children In Need special, a musical and two magazine collections. ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" merchandise has also been released. The Story of"
"Tracy Beaker, resident of The Dumping Ground."" (Wilson introduced Beaker in 1991 and ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on television ran from 2002 to 2006.) Daughter Caroline believed that ""Winter of the Birds"" (1976) had been her mother's own favourite work. Cresswell once explained, ""I write a title, then set out to find where that particular road will take me ..."", and Caroline recalled, ""Mum never plotted her books, she just wrote."" In 1991 the BBC aired a six-part TV series, ""Five Children And It"", using Cresswell's script adaptation of the 1902 classic by E. Nesbit. Next year Cresswell's print"
"writing, titled ""Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction."" He lectured to students and did research to identify his next narrative subject. Tracy Kidder John Tracy Kidder (born November 12, 1945) is an American writer of nonfiction books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his ""The Soul of a New Machine"" (1981), about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation. He has received praise and awards for other works, including his biography of Paul Farmer, a doctor and anthropologist, titled ""Mountains Beyond Mountains"" (2003). Kidder is considered a literary journalist because of the strong story line and personal"
"on reading lists for schools, so boys will be involved in the classroom. ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" has been UK libraries' most-loaned book between 2000 and 2010. In its description of Tracy, an article for the ""Herald Scotland"" states: ""Though her life is bleak, Tracy is funny, imaginative, articulate and hopeful, like all Wilson's heroines."" A ""Liverpool Echo"" article describes Tracy as ""a heroinea cult character who could be played by any actress."" Winifred Robinson, writing in a ""Daily Mail"" editorial, criticised the character and suggested that behaviour such as her outbursts were influencing children to act in a"
"Tracy Beaker franchise currently has five books, with a sixth book to be released in 2018. The books are The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Dare Game, Starring Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart and Ask Tracy Beaker and Friends. The Story of Tracy Beaker also had two magazine collections. ""Totally Tracy Beaker"" came with free art and craft supplies, which the reader collected, and the second magazine released, ""The Story of Tracy Beaker: The DVD collection"", came with a DVD with episodes from the series and reader would eventually have all five series. The BBC adapted the book for"
"Cam, Gemma Page played social worker Elaine, and Andy Steed played Peter. The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's drama media franchise that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care. The franchise began with the publication of ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on 14 February 1991. Since then, the franchise has had four further books and a book to be published in 2018, three television series and their spin-offs, a television movie, a Children In Need special, a musical and two magazine collections. ""The"
"much to her upset. Originally introduced in the book ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", to date the character has appeared in two further books, ""The Dare Game"" and ""Starring Tracy Beaker"". She has also appeared in Red Nose Day special called ""Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart"". In 2002, the BBC made a children's series based on the books, ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", starring Dani Harmer as Tracy. The programme ran for five series on CBBC and included a one-off feature-length movie, ""Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me"". Harmer first took on the role at the age of 12 and has maintained"
"Tracy Kidder John Tracy Kidder (born November 12, 1945) is an American writer of nonfiction books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his ""The Soul of a New Machine"" (1981), about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation. He has received praise and awards for other works, including his biography of Paul Farmer, a doctor and anthropologist, titled ""Mountains Beyond Mountains"" (2003). Kidder is considered a literary journalist because of the strong story line and personal voice in his writing. He has cited as his writing influences John McPhee, A. J. Liebling, and George Orwell. In a"
"Betsy-Tacy The Betsy-Tacy books are a series of semi-autobiographical novels by American novelist and short-story writer Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980), which were originally published between 1940 and 1955 by the Thomas Y. Crowell Co. The books are now published by HarperCollins. The first four books were illustrated by Lois Lenski and the remainder by Vera Neville. The series follows the adventures of heroine Betsy Ray, who is based closely on the author, and her friends and family. The first book, ""Betsy-Tacy"", begins in 1897 on the eve of Betsy's fifth birthday, and the last book, ""Betsy's Wedding"", ends in 1917"
"with her father, a taxi driver, and her mother, a school secretary. Abby Rakic-Platt Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010 Sainsbury's Christmas advert. She attended Highams Park School and Grey Coat Hospital secondary school, both in London, England, and has four younger siblings, Maddie, Jaime and Eloise Rakic-Platt who are also actresses. Rakic-Platt's maternal grandfather is from Yugoslavia. Rakic-Platt was trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School, attending from"
"daughter of Ann Beach (1938–2017) and Francis Coleman (1924–2008). Lisa Coleman (actress) Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970) is an English actress and volunteer occupational therapist, known for her television roles as Jude Korcanik in ""Casualty"" (1994–97) and Cam Lawson in ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" (2002–05) and ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" (2010–12). Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London and attended Anna Scher Theatre School at age six, going on to complete secondary education and A-levels. Having worked in television at various times since the early 1980s, in the mid-1990s she began a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK"
"of the characters in its ""History Players"" interpretive series, with a presentation focusing on her childhood and path to a literary career. Betsy-Tacy The Betsy-Tacy books are a series of semi-autobiographical novels by American novelist and short-story writer Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980), which were originally published between 1940 and 1955 by the Thomas Y. Crowell Co. The books are now published by HarperCollins. The first four books were illustrated by Lois Lenski and the remainder by Vera Neville. The series follows the adventures of heroine Betsy Ray, who is based closely on the author, and her friends and family. The"
"Louisiana Sky"" by Kimberly Willis Holt 1997: ""No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa"" by Beverley Naidoo 1996: ""The Cuckoo's Child"" by Suzanne Freeman 1995: ""Music from a Place Called Half Moon"" by Jerrie Oughton 1994: ""Earthshine"" by Theresa Nelson 1993: ""Make Lemonade"" by Virginia Euwer Wolff 1992: ""Blue Skin of the Sea"" by Graham Salisbury 1991: ""Shadow Boy"" by Susan E. Kirby 1990: ""Secret City, USA"" by Felice Holman 1989: ""Shades of Gray"" by Carolyn Reeder 1988: ""The Most Beautiful Place in the World"" by Ann Cameron 1987: ""Rabble Starkey"" by Lois Lowry 1986: ""Journey to Jo'burg"" by"
"the Pulitzer Prize announcement, noting that it was the first novel since ""A Confederacy of Dunces"" in 1981 to come from a small publisher and win that award. Tinkers (novel) Tinkers (2009) is the first novel by American author, Paul Harding. The novel tells the stories of George Washington Crosby, an elderly clock repairman, and of his father, Howard. On his deathbed, George remembers his father, who was a tinker selling household goods from a donkey-drawn cart and who struggled with epilepsy. The novel was published by Bellevue Literary Press, a sister organization of the Bellevue Literary Review. ""Tinkers"" won"
"were replaced by Dan Anthony, Simon Nicholson, Holly Lyons, Marvin Close and Ariane Sherine. Returning from writing episodes of series 1 and series 2 are Morris, Laura Summers, Othniel Smith and Andy Walker while returning from writing episodes of only series 2 are Gary Parker, Abigal Abben-Mensah and Tracy Brabin. Morris wrote five episodes; Summers and Parker wrote four episodes each; Smith, Anthony, Lyons and Close wrote two episodes each; and Nicholson, Mensah, Walker, Brabin and Sherine wrote one episode each. The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 3) The third series of the British children's chtelevision series ""The Story of"
"the questions dominating all of Buechner's work: belief versus unbelief, the ambiguities of life, the nature of sin, human lostness, spiritual homesickness, the quest for self-identity, the need for self-revelation, the search for meaning, and the possibility of joy."" Brown goes on to suggest that ""Buechner's repeated use of ambiguous protagonists as channels of grace suggests Graham Greene, J. F. Powers and Robertson Davies."" The Book of Bebb The Book of Bebb is a novel tetralogy by Frederick Buechner. The series consists of ""Lion Country"" (1971), ""Open Heart"" (1972), ""Love Feast"" (1974) and ""Treasure Hunt"" (1977). The tetralogy was then"
"Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You (1985, 1991, 1997, 2004, Four Editions) (HarperCollins) Girltalk About Guys (1987) (HarperCollins) How to Honeymoon (1986) (HarperCollins) From Here to Maternity (1991) (Little, Brown) Private and Personal (2000) (HarperCollins) The Diary of Melanie Martin (2000) (Knopf) Melanie Martin Goes Dutch (2002) (Knopf) For Teens Only (2003) (HarperCollins) The Girls’ Life Awesome Advice Guide to Everything (2003) (Scholastic) With Love From Spain, Melanie Martin (2004) (Knopf) For Girls Only (2004, 2008, Two Editions) (HarperCollins) Melanie in Manhattan (2005) (Knopf) Ava and Pip (2014) (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) Ava and Taco Cat (2015) (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky)"
"her education from Pratt and holds a Master of Fine Arts. Books by Beverly Ceary ""Henry Huggins"" ""Henry and Beezus"" ""Henry and Ribsy"" ""Henry and the Paper Route"" ""Henry and the Clubhouse"" ""Mich and Amy"" ""Muggie Maggie"" ""Socks"" ""Ribsy"" ""Emily's Runaway Imagination"" ""Otis Spofford"" Tracy Dockray Tracy Dockray (born 1962) is an American artist. She illustrated the current Harper Collins editions of Beverly Cleary's children's novels. Tracy Dockray spent her early years growing up on the plains of Texas where she enjoyed reading and a large menagerie of pets. She moved to New York where she attained an MFA from"
"includes three sequels and has been adapted into four CBBC television series: """"The Story of Tracy Beaker"", ""Tracy Beaker Returns"", ""The Dumping Ground"", and ""The Tracy Beaker Survival Files"". She has written more than a hundred books over the course of her career. Jacqueline Aitken was born in Bath, Somerset, England in 1945. Her father was a civil servant; her mother was an antiques dealer. Jacqueline spent most of her childhood in Kingston upon Thames, where she went to Latchmere Primary School. She particularly enjoyed books by Noel Streatfeild, as well as American classics like ""Little Women"" and ""What Katy"
"Tintner include ""The Secret Garden"" (1911), by Frances Hodgson Burnett; ""Poor Girl"" (1951), by Elizabeth Taylor; ""The Peacock Spring"" (1975), by Rumer Godden; ""Ghost Story"" (1975) by Peter Straub; ""The Accursed Inhabitants of House Bly"" (1994) by Joyce Carol Oates; and ""Miles and Flora"" (1997)—a sequel—by Hilary Bailey. Further literary adaptations identified by other authors include ""Affinity"" (1999), by Sarah Waters; ""A Jealous Ghost"" (2005), by A. N. Wilson; and ""Florence & Giles"" (2010), by John Harding. Young adult novels inspired by ""The Turn of the Screw"" include ""The Turning"" (2012) by Francine Prose and ""Tighter"" (2011) by Adele Griffin."
"Mountains Beyond Mountains Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World (2003) is a non-fiction, biographical work by American writer Tracy Kidder. The book traces the life of physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer with particular focus on his work fighting tuberculosis in Haiti, Peru and Russia. The book is written from the view of author Tracy Kidder. It is set mainly in Haiti and Boston, Massachusetts. Kidder first met his subject, Dr. Paul Farmer, in Haiti in 1994. Farmer was born in Massachusetts and grew up as one of six children in"
"Dan Anthony. Morris and Summers wrote four episodes each; Reeves wrote two episodes; and Nicholson, Kennedy, Gonsalves, Anthony, Brabin, Hyde, Smith, Williams, Walker, Levy, Parker and writing duo - Gary Lawson & John Phelps wrote one episodes each. The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 4) The fourth series of the British children's television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 7 October 2004 on CBBC and ended on 5 April 2005. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Cliffside, nicknamed by them ""The Dumping Ground"". It consists of twenty-two,"
"""Starring Tracy Beaker"", and ""Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart"" (a Red Nose Day Special). ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" was adapted for television by the BBC ran for five series on CBBC from 8 January 2002 to 9 December 2005, featuring Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker. The first series was filmed in London, but from series two, the series moved to Wales due to a suggestion from the producer, Jane Dauncey. In 2009, a spin-off from The Story of Tracy Beaker, was announced called ""Beaker's Back"", but the show was changed to ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" and it aired on CBBC for"
"Betsy Byars Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel ""Summer of the Swans"" won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award in category Children's Fiction for ""The Night Swimmers"" (1980) and an Edgar Award for ""Wanted ... Mud Blossom"" (1991). Byars has been called ""one of the ten best writers for children in the world"" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal ""Signal"", and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association. Due to the popularity of"
"Beverley Naidoo 1985: ""With Westie and the Tin Man"" by C.S. Adler 1984: ""One-Eyed Cat"" by Paula Fox 1983: ""The Sign of the Beaver"" by Elizabeth George Speare 1982: ""Homesick: My Own Story"" by Jean Fritz 1981: ""A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind"" by Athena Lord 1980: ""A Boat to Nowhere"" by Maureen Wartski 1979: ""The Whipman is Watching"" by T.A. Dyer 1978: ""The Devil in Vienna"" by Doris Orgel 1977: ""The Pinballs"" by Betsy Byars 1976: ""Somebody Else's Child"" by Roberta Silman 1975: ""The Garden is Doing Fine"" by Carol Farley 1974: ""Luke Was There"" by Eleanor Clymer 1973:"
"books in the UK: ""Double Act"", ""Girls In Love"", ""Vicky Angel"", and ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"". Fourteen books by Wilson ranked in the top 200. In 2002 she replaced Catherine Cookson as the most borrowed author in Britain's libraries, a position she retained until being overtaken by James Patterson in 2008. Wilson has won many awards including the Smarties Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. ""The Illustrated Mum"" (1999) won the annual Guardian Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and the annual British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year; it"
"it for 10 years. The character returned for an additional three series of ""Tracy Beaker Returns"", in which an adult Tracy Beaker helps a new generation of kids at the Dumping Ground. The character has also appeared in a stage adaptation of the book, ""Tracy Beaker Gets Real"", starring Sarah Churm as Tracy. It was written by Mary Morris, one of the writers of the TV series. Like the television series, the set used elements of cartoon themes, similar to the illustrations in the books. In 2009, Tracy Beaker became a video game character in """" on Nintendo DS and"
"Secret. Prager has written for publications including Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, where he was a senior writer for eight years. His first book ""The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World"", is about the Shot Heard 'Round the World, a famous 1951 baseball playoff game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. His second book, ""Half Life: Reflections from Jerusalem on a Broken Neck"" is about the road accident in Israel that left him paralyzed. He describes his rehabilitation and recovery"
"Tears of a Tiger Tears of a Tiger is a young adult novel written by Sharon M Draper. It was first published by Atheneum in 1994, and later on February 1, 1996 by Simon Pulse, and is the first book of the Hazelwood High Trilogy. It depicts the story of a seventeen-year-old African American boy named Andrew ""Andy"" Jackson, who feels deeply guilty for inadvertently causing his best friend Robert ""Rob"" Washington's death through drunk driving. The story is told through multiple different formats such as journal entries, first person narratives, and newspaper articles. Seventeen year old Andy Jackson just"
"Abby Rakic-Platt Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010 Sainsbury's Christmas advert. She attended Highams Park School and Grey Coat Hospital secondary school, both in London, England, and has four younger siblings, Maddie, Jaime and Eloise Rakic-Platt who are also actresses. Rakic-Platt's maternal grandfather is from Yugoslavia. Rakic-Platt was trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School, attending from the age of 7 or 8 to 18. Rakic-Platt lives in Walthamstow"
"Royalties from the book were donated to the Todd M. Beamer Foundation, which was founded in 2001 by Beamer and others to help children who have suffered trauma. The organization was later renamed Heroic Choices. As of 2007, Heroic Choices, was struggling to maintain financial viability. According to the Board Chair, ""[as with any charity created after 9/11], the farther you get away from the event, the more difficult it is to raise funds."" Lisa Beamer Lisa Brosious Beamer (born April 10, 1969) is the widow of Todd Beamer, a victim of the United Flight 93 crash as part of"