While children’s books are so often concerned with fantastical adventures and far-off lands, Wilson’s books stood out for their gritty realism. Why were we consuming such heavy topics at such a young age? Were the books exploitative of traumatic experiences? Or was Wilson pushing boundaries and writing about otherwise taboo topics? But as the years have passed and Wilson’s readership has matured, questions have begun to arise. We gobbled up stories of Tracy Beaker’s time in care, Hetty Feather’s abandonment, and Vicky Angel’s traumatic death. Under the bright front covers and jazzy illustrations lurked a whole array of dark themes.Īt the time, we didn’t bat an eyelid. Unknowingly, they were feeding them with stories of divorce, domestic abuse, mental illness and homelessness. Throughout the 2000s, millions of parents planted their children with Jacqueline Wilson books to keep them quiet.
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