The Tracy Beaker Trilogy

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As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children’s Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children’s Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. The Story of Tracy Beaker, written by Jacqueline Wilson, was first published in 1991. Wilson's book Cliffhanger had previously been adapted as a two-part drama for television in 1995, though this was the first of her works to become a fully fledged series. The first series was filmed on location at Amherst Lodge in Ealing, which doubled as the care home Stowey House, during Summer 2001. The building, which was a former maternity home and children's home, was sold by Ealing Council shortly after the series aired, and production moved to Cardiff for series 2. Amherst Lodge has since been developed into flats. I thought they captured its spirit perfectly and Dani Harmer was just superb as Tracy. We were exploring some quite adult themes and I didn’t think it was going to be so big. Years later, though, I was on Blue Peter and they had a huge cardboard cutout of Tracy behind me. I was sitting at her feet, like she’d taken over me. By then, if I walked down the street and people recognised me, they’d call out: “Tracy Beaker!” Jacqueline Wilson, most-loved author has sold 40 million copies of her books. Her characters don't need a cape, or a special power to be a hero to generations of children; just huge imaginations, a bit of fierceness and a big heart. And there is no hero fiercer or more iconic than Tracy. Italian: Bambina affittasi, lit.'Child for Rent'. Translated by Liliana Schwammenthal. Florence: Salani. 1994. ISBN 9788877822932.Like the original Tracy Beaker book, which spawned a hugely successful TV series, it is a story that simultaneously highlights the damage that was done to Tracy as a child and her resilience and ability to overcome her misfortunes. Originally introduced in the book The Story of Tracy Beaker, to date the character has appeared in four further books, The Dare Game, Starring Tracy Beaker, My Mum Tracy Beaker and We Are the Beaker Girls. She has also appeared in Red Nose Day special called Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart. The Story of Tracy Beaker has been released on DVD in the UK by Right Entertainment and Universal Pictures Video, under license from the BBC. Due to a change in production location, many of the cast from the first series departed; Jay Haher ( Zac Patterson), Sonny Muslim ( Ryan Patterson), Joe Starrs ( Peter Ingham) and Jerome Holder ( Maxy King). The building used across the second and third series, plus Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me was The Hollies, a former nursing home on Station Road in Llanishen. No reference was made to the change in location and the children's home continued to be known as Stowey House. The Hollies now houses private offices. Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.

Georgian: ტრეისი ბიკერი, romanized: t'reisi bik'eri. Translated by Maya Tsitadze. Tbilisi: Sulakauri Gamomtsemloba. 2020. ISBN 9789941306716.Slovak: Príbeh Tracy Beakerovej. Translated by Katarína Karovičová. Bratislava: Slovart. 2005. ISBN 8080850437. Dutch: Het boek van Terry B., lit.'Terry B's Book'. Translated by Huberte Vriesendorp. Houten: Van Holkema & Warendorf. 1993. ISBN 9026905092.