Floss Barnes

Flora "Floss" Barnes is the daughter of Charlie Barnes and Sally Westwood, the stepdaughter of Steve Westwood, the older half-sister of Tim "Tiger" Westwood and the main protagonist of the 2006 Jacqueline Wilson book Candyfloss.
==Biography==
Floss is a young girl of primary school age who lives in south east England. Some point prior to the events of the book, Floss' parents Charlie and Sally divorced and got joint custody of Floss. She spends weekdays with Sally along with her stepfather Steve Westwood and baby half-brother Tim (nicknamed Tiger) whilst on weekends, she lives with Charlie and helps him out at his cafe (which used to be quite popular but now has only three regular customers; Billy the Chip, Old Ron and Miss Davis).
One Friday on her birthday, Floss is given her presents (which are a new pair of jeans, a koala t-shirt, a pair of trainers, a stationary set, a suitcase and a toy kangaroo). She is later told by Sally that Steve's workplace has opened a new branch in Sydney in Australia and this means that he, Sally, Floss and Tiger will be staying there for six months. At first, Floss is excited about moving to Australia, but later learns that she won't be able to continue spending weekends with Charlie due to the distance and price of flights. She also realizes that she had been given the stationery set in order to write letters to Charlie from Australia as he did not own a mobile phone or computer (meaning Floss could not text or email him) and due to money problems, he could not afford to fly to Australia to visit Floss. Afterwards, Floss goes to school and is given an iced bun by her teacher Mrs Horsefield before being given a rose quartz bracelet by her best friend Rhiannon (whom Floss also sits next to in class). After returning from school, Floss goes to TGI Fridays with Sally, Steve and Tiger.
The next day, Floss goes to stay with Charlie and is given more presents (which are a second hand dress, silver high heels, a paper crown and a knitted toy elephant and dog (whom Floss names Ellarina and Dimble) by her grandmother). Later that day, Charlie takes Floss to a fair where they ride on a carousel. Floss and Charlie later get attacked by a group of older boys whilst buying candyfloss from a stall owned by a woman named Rose. Luckily, Rose's son Saul comes to the pair's defence and fights off the boys, who are then escorted from the fair by security whilst Floss and Charlie are tended to by Rose.
The following day, Floss finally tells Charlie about moving to Australia. Shortly afterwards, Sally, Steve and Tiger arrive to collect Floss and go to Steve's mother's house. However, Floss declares that she doesn't want to go to Australia and wishes to remain with Charlie. Although against this at first, Sally eventually agrees. 
Two weeks later, Floss moves in with Charlie fulltime after Sally, Steve and Tiger leave to go to Australia. Floss discovers a female stray black cat outside the cafe and names her Lucky.
One day, Floss wakes up late and has to go to school in a creased uniform, muddy trainers and messy hair. This causes her to get teased by the class's bullies Margot and Judy even Rhiannon cannot help but laugh. Floss becomes secret friends with her class's newest student Susan Potts, whom Rhiannon, Margot and Judy look down on. Believing that Floss is living in a poor household (due to Rhiannon claiming that Sally had walked out on Floss), Rhiannon's mother takes her along with Rhiannon on a shopping trip to a shopping centre called Green Glades. Floss later adopts Lucky as her pet.
Floss falls out with Rhiannon after learning that she has been spending time with Margot and deframes her at school to Margot and Judy. Following this, Floss becomes official best friends with Susan. Rhiannon then joins in Margot and Judy when they bully Floss and Susan.
To avoid the bullying, Floss wants to change seats and sit next to Susan at school, but Mrs Horsefield doesn't allow it... but only at first. Rhiannon soon provokes Floss so much she hits her with a ruler, causing Rhiannon to make a loud scene. To "punish" Floss, Mrs Horsefield tells her to sit next to Susan.
Due to being in dept, Charlie has to close down the cafe and move out of his flat (as it came with the cafe). Fortunately, Billy the Chip let's Floss, Charlie and Lucky stay in his home after he wins money at the horse racing and goes to Australia for a month to visit his son. He also let's Charlie run his chip van whilst he's away. Floss later spends a day with Susan at her home before joining her on a trip to Hampton Court Palace with her parents.
One day whilst Floss is with Charlie in the chip van, they reunite with Saul, who is currently living with his girlfriend Jenny. However, some other men waiting to get served start to become inpatient. When Saul intervenes, one of the men attempts to stab him. Whilst Charlie goes to Saul's aid, some of the other men try to tip the van over, which causes the chip fat to catch fire, trapping Floss inside the van. Fortunately, Charlie manages to get Floss out of the van to safety, though he burns his hands in the process. At the hospital, Floss, Saul and Jenny hail Charlie a hero for what he did. The following day, Floss and Charlie find that the cafe has been turned into a Starbucks and find Old Ron and Miss Davis there and learn that they have become a couple. Floss then goes to school and meets with Susan, who had heard about the fire and is relieved that Floss is okay.
Floss and Charlie meet Rose again, who thanks Charlie for saving Saul. At school, Floss stands up to Rhiannon, Margot and Judy and makes them stop bothering her and Susan.
On the last day of school before the summer holidays, Floss and Susan get a present for Mrs Horsefield. Rhiannon criticises the present and accuses Mrs Horsefield of favouring Floss and Susan to which Mrs Horsefield replies that she cannot help but have favourites. After school finishes, Floss bids farewell to Susan, who is going to her family's holiday home in France. She then meets with Charlie, who tells her that they will be working with Rose (who is now in a relationship with Charlie) at the fair for the summer holidays.
==Gallery==
20181128_191156.jpg|Floss with her father Charlie
20181128_191229.jpg|Floss striking her former friend Rhiannon with a ruler for her attitude towards her.
20181128_191256.jpg|Floss with her cat Lucky.
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