Dustbin baby

When April was just a few minutes or one hour old she was abandoned in a bin beside a pizza restaurant.   She was discovered by a young pizza boy (Frankie) there and named April by the hospital as she was found on April fool’s Day. Her first foster parent (Janet Johnson) killed herself because her husband left her when April was 4. April's then went on to lots of other care homes and foster parents but she just moved on.  On her fourteenth birthday she goes to her old care homes. She finds that she remembers little of it and the lady remembers little of her. Then April visits the grave of her adoptive mother, Janet Johnson. April then tells readers of the time she lived a care home called Sunny bank, run by Little Pete and Big Mo. Here, April was treated badly by a horrible little girl called pearl. Then she left Sunny bank April was taken to Fairleigh, a school. April stayed here for five years had a nice bond with her history teacher Miss Marion Bean. Marion asks April if she would like to stay at her house, so foster her, April is very pleased about this .the story finishes April goes to the bin were Frankie’s number is and she calls and meets up in the restaurant and so surprised, Marion comes in a worry of loosing April they see each other and fix there fight she had with Marion at the start of the story(about a phone she wanted that Marion didn’t get but at the end she did).

I love this book by Jacqueline Wilson and recommend this book to 10-17 year olds. There is a message here always have hope and faith.