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A review by nad_tm
Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
5.0
Possibly one of the more mature books by Jacqueline Wilson, Dustbin Baby features a fourteen-year-old girl April who was abandoned in a dustbin by her mother moments after she was born. It was quite a short book following just a single day in April's life but has enough flashbacks to show her past and how she ended up where she is.
The book shows the constant stress faced by orphan kids as they get moved from one foster care to another children's home while they struggle to understand why they do not have a normal life. In her journey to find her birth mother, April discovers that family isn't just formed by blood. The book shows April getting bullied and used while also making new friends, and ends on such a sweet note that leaves you satisfied but also looking for more.
The book shows the constant stress faced by orphan kids as they get moved from one foster care to another children's home while they struggle to understand why they do not have a normal life. In her journey to find her birth mother, April discovers that family isn't just formed by blood. The book shows April getting bullied and used while also making new friends, and ends on such a sweet note that leaves you satisfied but also looking for more.