Bella in Sleepovers easily eats the most out of any of the girls, and her birthday sleepover involves a huge tea party with tons of food. She bonds with Daisy's disabled sister Lily because they both like chocolate. Bella even calls herself fat at one point, but she adds that she doesn't care. I Just Want to Be Normal - Barbara in Deep Blue has spent her life training to be an Olympic diving champion, and feels that she has missed out on "normal" experiences as a result. This trope causes her to use a minor accident at the pool as an excuse to quit diving so that she can attend parties and hang out with boys like a regular girl of her age. In Amber, Amber recounts a story of when she was younger (probably a pre-teen) and attracted the attention of a seemingly nice, much older man outside a chip shop; but he soon made her very uncomfortable with the way he was looking at her.

Annoying Younger Sibling: Many characters qualify with this, such as Vita and Maxie to Em in "Clean Break" and Kenny to Jayni in "Lola Rose". Sometimes the protagonists only see them as this because they are often made to look after them on their own.

Alice's mother in Best Friends is incredibly insensitive towards how much the move is distressing her Alice and Gemma, who have been best friends since birth. And Gemma's mum's no angel either, being so critical of Gemma and Alice running off together, although this is a certain amount of JerkassHasAPoint, and AngerBornOfWorry.

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Deconstructed with Jayni in Lola Rose who does love her dad, but can't get away from the fact that he's very violent to her mother (and has threatened Jayni himself), despite frequently proclaiming how much he loves his children. She also feels under pressure to act like this trope in case he gets angry with her for not showing enough affection. The protagonist of The Cat Mummy has a living father but is looked after by her parents during the day while he is at work. Most Writers Are Writers - Most of the protagonist characters are either aspiring writers or aspiring artists. Marigold in The Illustrated Mum would count as one, although subverted when Dolphin later discovers Marigold is actually a natural brunette. Phoebe in The Primrose Railway Children is the closest to her father, being the youngest and fond of playing imaginary games unlike her teenage sister and Literal-Minded brother. She takes it the hardest when she learns he is in prison, during which time she briefly decides she never wants to see him again.