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
The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) is currently in its sixth series. On 21 February 2004, "" aired on CBBC. For Children In Need that year, a "The Story of Tracy Beaker" special aired on CBBC titled "Tracy Beaker Parties With Pudsey". "Tracy Beaker Returns" aired one spin-off, "Tracy Beaker Survival Files", which aired for one series from 16 December 2011 to 6 January 2012. "The Dumping Ground" currently has had five spin-off's: "The Dumping Ground Survival Files" aired for two series from 6 January to 12 December 2014, a webisode miniseries "Liam's Story" aired from 17 January to 14 March 2018 and the series aired