Dustbin Baby

Dustbin Baby
AuthorJacqueline Wilson
Cover artistNick Sharratt
LanguageEnglish
GenreAdopted Children - Juvenile Fiction; Mothers and Daughters - Juvenile Fiction; Children's Stories
PublisherDoubleday Children's Books
Publication date
1 October 2001
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages144
ISBN0-385-60042-9
823.914
Preceded bySleepovers 
Followed byHow 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.