Jacqueline Wilson Young care leavers thought Tracy Beaker should be more aspirational Donna Ferguson
almost 6 years in The guardian
The children’s author on why she made her now grownup eponymous character more successful in life
When the children’s author Jacqueline Wilson met a group of care leavers in Scotland late last year, something magical happened.
Wilson was already in the middle of writing a new novel about Tracy Beaker, the eponymous hero of four best-selling books about a fierce and funny girl living in a fictional children’s home. Tracy is now in her 30s and with a daughter of her own. Wilson says that talking to some real-life care leavers about Tracy helped her to see her famous character from a new perspective. Continue reading...
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