History Literature / Katy

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Jonnie is very much a tomboy who loves doing stunts on her bike and has Franchise/SpiderMan pyjamas, while Dorry prefers to lead a quieter life, and enjoys cooking and eating.

A three-part television series based on ''Katy'' was shown on CBBC in March 2018.

* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: Katy suggests Elsie imagine her mean teacher in his underwear if she feels intimidated.

** Izzie often overreacts to Katy's troublemaking, and will instantly take Elsie's side over hers. This leads to UnfortunateImplications, as it appears that she is favouring her own flesh and blood over her step-daughter. Izzie even admits she finds it hard trying to play the role of step-mother, and in a moment of anger states that she wishes Katy ''wasn't'' her step-daughter. But Izzie does grow to understand Katy a little better, and soon realises that Elsie often acts put upon just to get Katy into trouble.

* IllGirl:
** Katy becomes this after her accident, where she is left paralysed from the waist down. She recovers quickly, and learns to adjust to life in a wheelchair.
** Helen has severe rheumatoid arthritis, and is left both wheelchair-bound and in a lot of pain.
** All the girls on Katy's hospital ward have severe spinal injuries like her, but Rosemary is the sickest; she fell out of a window and is now paralysed from the ''neck'' down.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship:
** Katy and Cecy, though a little ''less'' romantic than in the original novel.
** Katy and Clover would also count, they are extremely close to one another, more so than their other siblings.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Compared to the original ''Literature/WhatKatyDid''. The original Katy is told to be kind and ladylike, and is encouraged to stay in her room while she's bettering herself in hopes that it will cure her. In contrast, the modern Katy is encouraged to keep as active as she can, and is frequently told that she isn't limited due to being in a wheelchair. [[spoiler: Ironically, it's the original Katy who fully recovers, and the modern Katy who remains paralysed for life.]]

** Izzie appears to favour Elsie over the other children, which is understandable; Elsie is a result of her first marriage, and the only child not related by blood to Dr Carr.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Katy never walks again, but she's optimistic about her future.]]

* RealityEnsues: In this version, [[spoiler: Katy doesn't recover the use of her legs again, and most likely never will.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cecy. Not even her teacher Mr Robinson calls her by her real first name, Caroline.

* ShipperOnDeck: Clover is this for Katy and Ryan.

* ZanyScheme: Katy is fond of pulling these, and has the ability to turn what should be a simple task ''into'' a zany scheme without fail.

''Katy'' and ''What Katy Did'' share the same main cast of characters, though with some notable differences, follow a similar storyline, and both involve Katy learning how to adjust to the new direction that her life has gone in. [[spoiler: Katy in the original novel learns how to walk again after four years, while Katy in ''Katy'' looks as if she will be paralysed for the rest of her life.]]

* AlliterativeName: '''C'''lover '''C'''arr

* * BerserkButton: Don't refer to Izzie as Katy's mother. [[spoiler: Though she seems to warm up to the idea by the end of the book.]]

A three-part television series based on 'Katy' was shown on CBBC in March 2018.

* AlliterativeName: ''C''lover ''C''arr

* AlliterativeName: **C**lover **C**arr

* BigEater: Dorry.

* PromotionToParent: Unlike in the original story, Dr. Carr actively discourages this. Katy is encouraged to play and to be a normal child, and due to her reckless nature she isn't trusted to look after her younger siblings on her own. Izzie is the one who takes on the role of step-mother, and manages to handle six children fairly well.

* [[YoureNotMyFather You're Not My Mother]]: Katy throws this at Izzie almost constantly through the first half of the novel, but slowly comes to appreciate her step-mother after her accident.