Best Friends

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She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. it is an amazing story about two best friends that need to separate from each other and then a miracle happens and the two best friends are going to get together.

Gemma's grandfather invites her to accompany him on a trip to Scotland when he is hired to taxi a client from Scotland to London. It doesn't matter that Gemma loves soccer while Alice prefers drawing, or that Gemma is always getting into trouble while Alice is a model student and daughter. In the TV series, Alice surprises Gemma at the end by turning up at the latter's birthday party after a contact on her new mobile phone, with Alice moving back to London with her family after coming to an agreement with Gemma’s Grandad and Fergus.

On the way they are recognized by classmate Billy "Biscuits" McVitie, whose baby sister Polly was baptised that same day at the church that Gemma and Alice passed en-route; he tells his mother, who informs Alice's and Gemma's parents who in turn then catch the girls before they can board the train. Towards the beginning, Gemma is friends with Biscuits which is not so much shared by Alice, but this changes when the running away happened (the disliking for him became mutual), however as time slowly passes she realises what he did was out of care, and he just wants his special friend Gemma to be safe and happy. The story ends on Gemma (and Alice's) birthday, when she celebrates with her family, Biscuits, and Biscuits' family.

When Alice's dad gets a new job in Scotland, Gemma is distraught and does everything she can to keep Alice for herself, scared that she'll find a new best friend in Scotland and forget all about her. The girls are about to be separated as one family is moving, so they first decide to run away then create havoc when that is stopped. One weekend, Gemma’s granddad agrees to take Gemma to Scotland to see Alice but the day ends in disaster when Gemma, in a fit of jealousy, throws a cake at Flora’s face. Billy "Biscuits" McVitie: The girls' schoolfriend, a tubby boy who loves food, both eating and cooking.

Gemma is intimidated by Flora's friendship with Alice and approval from Alice's mother (including when Flora lies about Alice saying Gemma's family are "quite poor" regarding how a china doll came to fruition - Gemma's late grandmother left the doll to her, which she later gave Alice).