Lola Rose is a children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson, first published in 2003. It revolves around the life of a young girl called Jayni Fenton who runs away to London with her mother Nikki and younger brother Kenny, after her father physically abuses her mother and, eventually, Jayni herself. The family adopt new names to help prevent their father tracing them. Mum becomes Victoria Luck, Kenny becomes Kendall Luck (as it is easy for him to remember) and Jayni becomes Lola Rose Luck. The story deals with the issues of domestic abuse, child abuse and breast cancer. Plot summary In the beginning, Jayni's mother, Nikki Fenton, wins £10,000 lottery money on a scratchcard. They decide to not tell Jayni's father, Jay, who they fear will spend it on his friends on drinks at the pub or losing it by going to a betting shop. However, Nikki decides to tell Jay anyway because he reveals he has left his job and is joining a mini-cab firm but needs to provide the car. Jay, Nikki, Jayni and her little brother, Kenny, go out to T.G.I. Friday's and spend a lot of money on an elaborate meal and drinks. Jayni fears for herself because as Nikki and Jay "drank lots" it would almost always "end in a fight". Jay gets angry at Nikki for becoming drunk and when they return home, he starts shouting at her. As Jay goes to hit Nikki, she tells Jay to let her put the kids to bed first. However Jayni refuses to go to bed and as a result, Jay gets angry and hits both Jayni and Nikki, he then leaves the house. This is the last straw for Nikki. She had previously put up with the violent nature from her husband, but now he had turned to violence against Jayni, Nikki felt they had to leave. Nikki and the children run away to London and decide to change their names in order to prevent Jay from tracking them down. To prevent Jay from tracking them down, they decide to change their identities – Nikki becomes Victoria, Jayni becomes Lola Rose and Kenny becomes Kendall (as it is easy for him to remember.) They take the surname Luck because Nikki had signed her name as "Lady Luck" when they check into a hotel. The family stays in hotels until they start running out of money, at which