Elaine, Tracy Beaker's social worker also appears, and mentions that one of her clients has been fostered by a single woman, likely referring to Cam fostering Tracy.Tanya from Bad Girls, another Wilson novel, makes an appearance.But she did find the man who found her and has realized how much Marion loves her. Bittersweet Ending: April did not find her birth mother and probably never will.What they didn't know was Pearl had been bullying April nonstop for months. Beware the Nice Ones: Everyone in the foster home was shocked and surprised that April would push Pearl down the stairs.She storms away when Marion says she's going to retire from teaching, because that means leaving the school and therefore her. Abandonment becomes one for April in the movie.Artists Are Attractive: April reunites with her old friend Gina, who's grown into an artistic, compassionate, and beautiful adult.The guy in Sunnybank tasked with watching the entries and sorties is sleeping while duty, allowing Gina and her friends to go burgle nearby houses.Big Mo and Little Pete are completely blind to the fact sweet little Pearl is actually a bully who likes to torture April.The book was adapted into TV movie starring Dakota Blue Richards in 2008. After getting into an argument with Marion over a birthday present, she decides to skip school to revisit all the homes she's lived in, leading back to the first home she ever knew - the dustbin. Even though she's now settled in a good home with a loving foster parent, Marion, she can't help but wonder why her birth mother didn't want her. A 2001 novel by Jacqueline Wilson, about April, a girl who was abandoned in a dustbin behind a pizza restaurant minutes after being born.

Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson