The Dare Game
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| Author | Jacqueline Wilson |
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| Illustrator | Nick Sharratt |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 2 March 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 038540901X |
| Preceded by | The Story of Tracy Beaker |
| Followed by | Starring Tracy Beaker |
The Dare Game is a children's novel written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt, first published in 2000. It is a sequel to the bestselling The Story of Tracy Beaker.
[edit] Plot summary
Tracy and Cam often argue about anything, including Tracy's new school, where she has a ghastly class teacher, whom she has christed Miss "Vomit" Bagley. Most of her classmates spread rumors about her mum leaving her on purpose. Tracy decides to play truant and go to her own secret house. After a few days she discovers she's not the only truant as she meet two new friends, Alexander and Football. Alexander is a feeble little boy, whereas Football is the complete opposite, very burly, strong, and large. Like Tracey, both boys have family problems- Alexander's Dad hates him, and Football has a mother who is always going on at him- his Dad has left, and keeps promising to take him to a football match, but he never does- he takes his dirty girlfriend instead. They all stay at a secret house and play dares day after day, childish dares, silly dares and downright daft dares (an example of this is when Tracy hung her underwear on a fir tree outside the house). Suddenly, Tracey's Mum, Carly, appears out of the blue. Tracy is allowed to stay with her for a weekend, and her Mum showers her with expensive gifts. Cam is upset about losing Tracy, but Tracy is hell-bent on going to live with her mother forever. Then, when she goes to her Mum's for a second time, something awful happens- her mother leaves her on her own for hours and hours, while she attends a karaoke night at her local pub. She comes home with a boyfriend in tow- they were obviously planning to get passionate on the sofa, but Tracy's Mum has to send him home when she remembers that Tracy is there. But before leaving, she arranges to spend the weekend with her boyfriend instead of Tracy. Tracy does a bunk back to her secret house. Read the book for more detail, and to find out who Tracy will choose in the end, Cam or her Mum.
