The Story Of Tracy Beaker

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By: Jacqueline Wilson

The story of Tracy Beaker is a comedy, heart- warming story. It's about a girl called Tracy Beaker who first lives in a Chidren's Home but might get adopted by Cam Lawson. Cam is a famous, adult author who visited the orphanage. She then spots Tracy and talks to her. Cam picked her because one of the carer's said that Tracy wanted to become an author and showed her work. Both of them start bonding and going out to MacDonalds. I say that I think Cam is going to adopt her because Tracy used to hate everyone and didn't want to get adopted. But with Cam it's different, because she keeps begging her to adopt her and is attaching to her. Tracy says that her real mom is a superstar and is really pretty. She thinks that she is going to come sooner or later. In my opinion I think she's lieing that her mom is famous. The Children's Home seem to agree with me too. Her enemies Louise and Justine don't beleive her because she's known for making up lies. Tracy is a very lazy, pestimestic, doesn't-care-about-anything-sort-of-person. If you're wondering in the interview video, why I'm so messy as Tracy Beaker, it's because she's not well-groomed and doesn't care about her looks.

Later on in the story, Cam is wondering of publishing one of Tracy's storie's. So she might become a famous author, like what I hope to be. I enjoy Jacqueline Wilson's books and so might you!

The interview with Tracy Beaker

This is an interview with the messy, laid-back Tracy Beaker who lives in a Children's Home, but then became a famous author.

My first time on the sled

On a wintery day in Switzerland, I, a five year old, decided to go sledding for my first time. We arrived at a ski inn resort wearing mittens, ski jackets and snow goggles. My older sister, Farzana brought along her skis, because she already experienced the excitement before, and has reached the level of skiing. Instead of adult snow equipment, I brought along a red small sled that can only fit me and an adult. My family and I found a snowy hill that wasn’t overwhelming. We decided to use that one for me, for starters. My mom and I climbed up the hill passing people going down on their ski equipment. This was so exciting for me that I rushed my way up with the sled dragging along with me. When I finally reached at the top my mom set the red sled down. My mom sat at the front, while I clutched her back tightly, fearing I might fall. She pushed one foot and we were off! I felt a tingle and adrenaline rush as we went speeding down the hill. My heart was racing so fast like the speed I was going on my sled. I could feel the wind, briskly on my face going the opposite direction. My mom had to use the steering brake to dodge other people. I could see my family waiting at the bottom of the hill getting bigger and bigger until I reached the bottom of the hill.

You might know that kids are filled with enthusiasm and excitement. Since I was only a kid I was jumping up and down begging my mom to go again. We climbed up the same hill again a few times more, but my mom was exhausted. She didn’t want to tolerate me, so she let me go up a small hill, but alone. Here is where the trouble starts. I climbed up the hill with a wide grin on my face, once more and sat on my sled. I pushed off with all my might and went zooming down. At some part of the hill, I stopped at an abrupt halt, and was no longer on the sled anymore. It was so long ago, I can’t remember what went wrong, but what I do remember is I went flying off the sled, tumbling, rolling on and on. I saw the world going round and I felt dizzy. I could see tiny dots, which were my family, vividly. I appreciate that it was ice, or it would have hurt because it’s like doing 15 flips, my head getting squished. When I finally stopped all that chaos and reached the bottom of the hill, I landed at a very weird position, and I’m telling you it’s the worst -the splits. To add more of the embarrassment, my family was laughing at me, with a few other Swiss-goggled strangers. Now this is a very unforgettable first time.

My first break holiday

Wow am I tired! It's been 1 day after my family and I went to Bandung and Bogor. Speaking of Bogor, there was just an hurricane there. I am so thankful that I left after that happen or else, I don't know what. I'm actually scared living here. There are earthquakes, heavy rain that could cause flooding, fires and things. Now to focus on the good side, if you could see on the right, it's a picture of me in Bandung, Puncak. It was like 15 degrees or less! I was shivering so much, but I got a good view of the volcano crater. It was so amazing, I've never been that close to a volcano. Oh no it started to rain! Now it's even more colder! We rushed back in our car after we got pictures with the volcano. It took about 3 hours to get there or more.

After that we went strawberry picking. We collected 1 kilogram of strawberries. The experience there was different, because it was in pots, but when I was living in Switzerland we picked it in bushes or shrubs, like a big field. We also collected some blackberries.

We stayed at a hotel which was called G.H Universal. It was such a beautiful place. I loved the style of the place. I missed staying in hotels. Ever since the holiday started, I haven't been at my house. On Monday, I stayed at Shangri-La for three days. And I met Natasha, ( my friend who also goes to JIS) and we swam together with my brother. I just swam today with my brother again at my backyard pool. I feel so tired and dizzy since I've been staying up late every night. I won't be doing that anymore since school's coming. Ahh.. I'll miss the holidays, but school comes second. First is my family and religion.

The next day, we went to Bogor which took about 3hours because we took the volcano way. I felt so pukey and dizzy going around on the twisted road. We were going to Taman Safari, and I was so excited.There were so many stalls selling carrots and bananas to feed the animals but once you get there at the safari, you can't get out of your car or else the animals will attack you! It's set out in a forest, and there are different sections where the animals have their own habitat. You just drive on the safari track, passing animals. We bought 2 bundles of carrots and we fed some to the zebras, llamas, deers, giraffes and many more. The llamas were really annoying because they kept on begging near cars that passed for food. Do the zookeepers even feed them?

We saw so many animals like hippos, monkeys, peacocks, elephants, otters, oxens and-you get the point. If I named them all they would fill up the whole page. And also if I showed you all the pictures too. On the right is a picture of me feeding the zebra some carrots. I was scared at first, but then I got the hang of it. When we reached the lions, tigers and leopards, they told us to close our window, because you might get bitten. They were so amazing and pretty. But 1 tiger scratched the back tire of our car. Actually it wasn't our car, we rented it. Because my dad didn't want his Mercedes to be damaged or dirty, so we used the Toyota. The car got scratched several times. My the tiger, antlers of a ox and when we were going home, a silly taxi bumped into the back of the car. We have to pay a lot for the damages!

Well I had a fantastic break but it's off to school!

Vocabulary 2

1. rowdies- out of control/ people who behave badly
2. resurrected- to bring something back to life or usefulness
3. pledge- more of a promise/ unbrakable vow
4. brazier- a metal, iron grill pot
5. putrefy- a solid thing (ex. meat) that is rotting and has a fetid smell
6. spontaneous- to act without planning or much thoughts
7. discreetly- without much attention drawn to it
8. martyred- someone who sacrifices their life for their strong beliefs
9. preposterous- out of the zone of normal/ unexpected
10. scouring- to check, find something intently and detailed

Series of unfortunate events #12 The Penultimate Peril

By: Lemony Snicket
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This second to last book is when the Baudelaires meet Kit Snicket, Jacques Snicket's sister. They feel like their lives might feel happy again. Kit gives them a job at the hotel Donuement. They have to disguise as concierge and flanuers. The hotel is the last safe place for V.F.D and they have to meet on Thursday. But on their trip as concierges, they found out that the notorious villian, Count Olaf is in the hotel, planning a cocktail party. They have to be seperate to do the jobs. The people they help are villians that Count Olaf invited to his cocktail party, and people they've met throughout their miserable lives. But there are volunteers from V.F.D in the Hotel. They met Dewey Donuement, the good volunteer spy who followed the Baudelaires, but could never get hold and save them. But later sadly, he got killed. And now the Baudelaires are sailing away with Count Olaf, after setting the hotel on fire.

Vocabulary sentences

1. In the book, series of unfortunate events Count Olaf is the nefarious villian who tries to steal the fortune.
2. For mother's day, I'm going to need some corrugated cardboard to make a nice border frame.
3.When I passed the dumpsters, I whiffed off a strong fetid smell that almost knocked me off my feet.
4. Most moms have frivolous things that are not necassary like handbags and shoes.
5. In science class, we used vials to create experiments and measure substances.
6. People that are not so easy to get along with are the one who are conceited and have a big ego.
7. I felt like gagging after lunchtime, because I ate too much food.
8. It is intolerable in my house to not help out with chores and not finishing your homework.
9. There was this really desolated island, I found on Google Earth.
10. I stared at the bubbles as it was frothing in my coffee latte.

Me and I sentences

1. Last weekend, my family and I went shopping in Senayan City.

2.My brother always likes to disturb me when I am doing my homework.

3. Over the semester break, my siblings and I bought ice-cream at the beach.

4. For Hari Raya, my mom and I baked delicious, chocolate-chip brownies.

5. My freind and I are going to the cinemas to watch G-force.

6. Since I was sick for the production, a backup took my place.