Lily Alone
Book • 2011 • Kids
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Is there pedophilia?
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A man in a car tries to get Lily and the girls to get in his car while they're looking for Baxter, but nothing about pedophilia is explicitly stated - it's more of a general 'stranger danger' bit.
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Kate leaves the four kids at home by themselves frequently, trusting the oldest child Lily, 11, to look after them.
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Kate's ex-husband Mikey and her late husband Paul are mentioned to have been physically abusive.
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Are there nude scenes?
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When the kids are left in the park alone after it closes, Baxter and Pixie both strip naked. It isn't illustrated, and is wholly played for laughs.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Lily tells Bliss a story about the family as fairies - Lily describes Baxter wearing a frilly dress to make Bliss laugh.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Kate lists potential babysitters for her kids - she mentions a person called Alice who she refers to derogatively as 'care in the community', which is a term used for mentally ill people who are cared for in the community rather than at hospital.
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Are there bugs?
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Only briefly - Bliss gets frightened by a small beetle on her leg.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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it is debatable as to whether or not the children in the book are abused, but the main character/narrator does forgive her mother for leaving her alone with her three younger siblings, and is never really properly angry at her to begin with
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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The four kids are left at home alone by their mother Kate while she goes on holiday with her new boyfriend - she leaves a voicemail on her ex-husband's phone asking him to come and look after them, but leaves without making certain sure that he can babysit.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Bliss falls out of a tree and breaks her leg near the end of the book.
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Does a parent die?
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Pixie's father is mentioned to have died not long before the start of the book.
Partway through the book Baxter breaks a promise he made on his mother's life and Bliss cries thinking that their mother must have died because the promise was broken, but that of course isn't true.
Partway through the book Baxter breaks a promise he made on his mother's life and Bliss cries thinking that their mother must have died because the promise was broken, but that of course isn't true.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Bliss' teddy bear, Headless. It is described how Headless lost his head, but Bliss still loves him all the same.
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Is there hate speech?
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Briefly. Kate states that she doesn't trust some foreigners living in the flats to babysit her kids since they don't speak English.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Pixie wets herself a few times. In writing only - it isn't illustrated.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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The kids have to squeeze close together to fit into a hollow tree trunk.
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Mikey is stated to mock Baxter for crying when Mikey plays too roughly with him.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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six year old girl is taken to hospital in an ambulance after falling out of a tree. characters aren't in hospital for ages and it's not told from the perspective of the girl
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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A group of mothers and babies have a picnic in the magic garden. A young mother and her baby are also at a playground that the kids visit.
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Not onscreen (on-page?), but Kate's late husband is referred to as 'druggie Paul' by Lily in the narration.
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Is there a shower scene?
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The kids take baths a few times throughout the story. None of it is illustrated.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Baxter and Lily stick their middle fingers up at their neighbour. The kids are mentioned to swear, but not in dialogue.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there a large age gap?
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Not reciprocated, but Lily seems to have a precocious crush on her teacher, Mr Abbott, mentioning that if she had to marry someone, it would be him.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does a baby cry?
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A baby at a mother-and-baby picnic starts crying.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Lily covers Pixie's mouth a few times to stop her from crying whenever they're hiding. This isn't illustrated.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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three of the children are taken into foster care whilst the fourth is put in hospital after breaking her leg. although the book ends on an optimistic tone, the ending could be interpreted as sad, given that the children are separated and may not be reunited permanently with their mother
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