Dustbin Baby

This is an excellent book if you like playing Jacqueline Wilson bingo, the number of sad and traumatic things squeezed in its slim pages is many! April has had a miserable life, so on her 14th birthday she bunks off school to go and look at places she has lived in the past and try to work out a bit more of who she is and where she is from. Dealing with themes of unwanted pregnancies, abandonment of children, maternal suicide, children's homes, burglary and PTSD, it's a bit heavy at times!

But like all Jacqueline Wilsons it's easy to read and engaging and pageturning, and despite the many grim things that have happened to April the ending is sweet and hopeful.

On April 1st, a baby was a abandoned by her mother and was left in a dirty dustbin. She was found by a boy named Frankie and was taken to hospital, where she was cared for and given a name...April. April is now 14 and longing for her mother. During her search, she takes a trip down memory lane. A touching tale for young adults and teens. Tabby

april started out life as a dustbin baby, abandoned in arubish bin on 1st april. now shes turnd forteen, april is determand to find out where she came from. if only she could remember her birth mother or maby even find her.............

wonderful Book