The Story of Tracy Beaker
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407045054
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

The Story of Tracy Beaker

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Hardback
14 Oct 2025
EBook
1 Sep 2010
Paperback
2 Apr 2013
Paperback
1 Dec 2006
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The classic and much-loved tale of life in foster care featuring Jacqueline's most popular character.

'I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest.'

Tracy is ten years old. She lives in a Children's Home but would like a real home one day, with a real family. Meet Tracy, follow her story and share her hopes for the future in this beautifully observed, touching and often very funny tale, all told in Tracy's own words.
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407045054
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224
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About the authors

Jacqueline Wilson

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.

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.

Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.

Find out more about Jacqueline and her books at www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk

Nick Sharratt

Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed stellar success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson's books. Nick lives in Hove.

portrait photo of Nick Sharratt

Praise for The Story of Tracy Beaker

A sensitive and beautifully observed story . . . Our young readers appreciated both the humour and the pathos

Federation of Children's Book Groups, 1991 Pick of the Year

Tracy is lively and spirited, and her narrative funny and moving

The Bookseller

A breath of fresh air. It is entertaining yet tender but by no means sentimental when it confronts the need we all have for commitment in relationships, for trust, for love . . . A real bonus is that the book genuinely celebrates the act of writing - and not by preaching, I promise

The School Librarian

Tracy is a marvellously feisty creation: she is arrogant and rude, but the occasional glimpses we get of the vulnerable girl behind the tough exterior are enough to endear her to the reader . . . The excellent spiky illustrations by Nick Sharratt on nearly every page are a perfect complement to the text

The Bookseller

An appealing mix of events and reactions that are both entertaining and moving. A book that lingers in the mind long after it is put down

Guardian

Told in the zany, entirely convincing voice of Tracy Beaker herself . . . The strains of communal life with other children, rivalries and friendships and jokes, all spring to life, and Tracy's prose is decorated throughout with cheeky line drawings

The Sunday Times

Poignant, funny and heartwarming first story about the damaged, demanding and delightful Tracy Beaker

Birmingham Post

I think this is my favourite book of all

Junior Education
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