The Story of Tracy Beaker The Story of Tracy Beaker The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's book first published in 1991, written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. The book is told from the point of view of Tracy Beaker, a troubled ten-year-old girl. The reason Tracy is often unhappy and has problems with her behaviour because she is lonely, frustrated and feels unloved. Tracy resides in a children's residential care home (nicknamed "The Dumping Ground") where she has been placed as a result of neglect and domestic violence. Her mother often left Tracy to stay by herself when Tracy
Jacqueline Wilson books in the UK: "Double Act", "Girls In Love", "Vicky Angel", and "The Story of Tracy Beaker". Fourteen books by Wilson ranked in the top 200. In 2002 she replaced Catherine Cookson as the most borrowed author in Britain's libraries, a position she retained until being overtaken by James Patterson in 2008. Wilson has won many awards including the Smarties Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. "The Illustrated Mum" (1999) won the annual Guardian Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and the annual British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year; it