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
Noah Marullo television acting experience, appearing as Billy, the son of Stephen Mangan, in the Channel Four comedy series "Free Agents". In 2009, he was given the role of Gus Carmichael in the CBBC show "Tracy Beaker Returns", a sequel to "The Story of Tracy Beaker". He spent the Summer 2009 filming for the show in Newcastle, which was shown weekly at the beginning of 2010. He said "I had a fantastic summer filming Tracy Beaker and have made lots of new friends on set". His character, Gus, has autism spectrum disorder, which Marullo said was "what is so great about Tracy