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| Author | Jacqueline Wilson |
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| Cover artist | Nick Sharratt |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adopted Children - Juvenile Fiction; Mothers and Daughters - Juvenile Fiction; Children's Stories |
| Publisher | Doubleday Children's Books |
Publication date | 1 October 2001 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 144 |
| ISBN | 0-385-60042-9 |
| 823.914 | |
| Preceded by | Sleepovers |
| Followed by | How to Survive Summer Camp |
Dustbin Baby is a children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson. It focuses on April, a fourteen-year-old girl who was abandoned by her mother in a dustbin when she was only a few minutes old. After a blazing row with her foster mother, she goes in search of her past. The book was adapted into a television film in 2008 by the BBC.