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12	!Heroes
13	!!Adele Skye Becker
14	The protagonist and narrator of the book.
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16	%%* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: [[spoiler: She does this in Chapter 22.]]
17	%% * FieryRedhead: Subverted in that Adele is pretty shy most of the time. Double subverted when she gets pissed off.
18	%%* OnlySaneMan
19	* PickedLast: Mainly because she fails at "running, dancing, and basically anything involving throwing a ball".
20	%%* PluckyGirl
21	%%* ShrinkingViolet: Sometimes.
22	%%* WiseBeyondTheirYears
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24	!!Delilah Zinnia Horton
25	Adele's snarky and lazy (but likable) best friend.
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27	%%* BrainyBrunette: When she feels like doing something.
28	%%* BrilliantButLazy
29	%%* CharacterDevelopment: More than anyone else.
30	%%* DeadpanSnarker
31	* FreudianExcuse: Being the Unfavorite in her family may be why she's such a bitch sometimes.
32	%%* GamerChick
33	%%* {{Tomboy}}
34	* TheUnfavorite: In her family, where she's constantly criticized. If that's not happening, she's ignored.
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36	!!Brooke Penn
37	A cheerful, optimistic and compassionate animal rights activist.
38	%% * TheDitz: In her more clueless moments.
39	%%* DitzyGenius
40	* DumbBlond: While she is not ''very'' dumb, she is easily the most clueless main character.
41	%%* GranolaGirl
42	%%* TheHeart
43	* MsImagination: She's a hopeless romantic, and even has Patrick and Adele's love story planned out.
44	* ShipperOnDeck: She supports Patrick/Adele and wants them to be together.
45	%%* TeamMom
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47	%% !!Aurora Day
48	%% Brooke's best friend.
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50	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Brooke.
51	%%* SassyBlackWoman: Sassy Black Preteen.
52	%%* TokenMinority
53	%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girlie Girl To Delilah's Tomboy.
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55	%% !!Patrick Hudson
56	%% Adele's BGF.
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58	%%* FieryRedhead: Inverted.
59	%%* InnocentProdigy: Sometimes can be this.
60	%%* MilitaryBrat
61	%%* NiceGuy
62	%%* ShrinkingViolet: A male version.
63	%%* TheSmartGuy
64	%%* WiseBeyondTheirYears
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66	!!Alec Wilder
67	Delilah's eighth-grader crush, a musician.
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69	%% * BewareTheNiceOnes: You don't want to mess with the people he cares about.
70	%%* BigBrotherMentor
71	%%* GeniusBruiser
72	* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Gets together with Fala, for a little while.]]
73	* ReasonBeforeHonor: He has no problem at all with hiring a few seniors to jump Sophia (who is a ''sixth grader'') if she gives Adele too much trouble.
74	%% * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When he gets in trouble for fighting, chances are he was motivated by this.
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76	!!!Villains
77	!!Sophia Blank
78	The antagonist. A mean girl.
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80	* AlphaBitch: She the popular, mean girl at the school.
81	%%* BrainyBrunette: She's by no means stupid.
82	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: She wouldn't make fun of Patrick once she finds out his dad died.]]
83	%%* ManipulativeBastard
84	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: When Patrick's dad dies, she's quick to offer help if he needs it.]]
85	%% * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
86	%%* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Seems to be motivated by this.
87	* WithFriendsLikeThese: She tends to push around and insult her "friends".
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89	!!Lyn Patterson
90	Second-in-command to Sophia.
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92	%%* TheDitz
93	%%* DumbBlond: Oh GOD...
94	%%* PopularIsDumb
95	* WithFriendsLikeThese: One has to wonder why she and Sophia are even friends, which Delilah lampshades.
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97	%% !!Ashton Keller
98	%% The biggest bully in the school.
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100	%%* TheBrute
101	%% TheBully
102	%%* {{Jerkass}}
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104	!!!Minor Characters
105	%% !!Fala Jean
106	%% A love interest for Alec.
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108	%% * BettyAndVeronica
109	%%* NiceGuy
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111	!!Milo Becker
112	Adele's older brother
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114	* BetaCouple: Compared to all the {{ship tease}}s, crushes, and relationships of the other characters, he and Saffron have a much more stable relationship.
115	%%* BigBrotherMentor
116	* OfficialCouple: He dates Saffron.
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118	%% !!Mama Horton
119	%% Delilah's mother
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121	%% * AbusiveParent: She is emotionally abusive to Delilah.
122	%%* {{Jerkass}}
123	%%* JewishMother: Literally! The trope is {{Deconstructed\|Trope}} with her relationship with Delilah.
124	%%* MyBelovedSmother: To ''most'' of her children.
125	%%* ParentalNeglect: To Delilah
126	%%* {{Pride}}: Seems to have an issue with this.
127	%%* StageMom
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129	!!Mr. Horton
130	Delilah's father
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132	%%* CloserToEarth: ''He's'' the normal one.
133	%%* HenpeckedHusband
134	%%* NiceGuy
135	* [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See in Her?]]: A {{Jerkass}} StageMom with a {{Pride}} problem. An easy-going NiceGuy who is very loving. They're ''married, and have five kids together.'' Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Mr. and Mrs. Horton.
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137	!!Piper May Horton
138	The oldest Horton daughter.
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140	* TheAce: She's a pageant queen, violin player, and studies earlier than is necessary.
141	%%* AttentionWhore
142	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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144	!!Phoebe Cleo Horton
145	The third-oldest Horton daughter. One year Delilah's junior.
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147	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: In Delilah's eyes. She is one year younger than Delilah and thinks she's very annoying.
148	%%* AttentionWhore: She's worse than Piper May.
149	* BreakOutCharacter: First was offhandedly mentioned, then briefly introduced. She's now set up to be a major character.
150	* SpotlightStealingSquad: InUniverse - She gets all the attention once she comes to Phoenix.
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152	!!Clara Eloise Horton
153	The second-youngest Horton daughter.
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155	%%* NiceGuy
156	* OnlySaneMan: Only Sane Daughter. We have stuck-up beauty queen Piper May, snarky Delilah, AttentionWhore Phoebe, and space cadet Nicola Clara is... normal.
157	%%* TheTeamNormal
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159	%% !!Nicola Jane Horton
160	%% The youngest Horton daughter.
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162	%% * TheDitz: She spaces out a ''lot.'' Justified as she's only 6.
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164	!!Hannah Bats
165	One of Sophia's friends. Notably kinder than both of her friends.
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167	%%* LovableAlphaBitch
168	%%* NiceGuy
169	* StickyFingers: [[spoiler:It's revealed that she has kleptomania.]]
170	* WithFriendsLikeThese: With the way Sophia and Lyn act, one has to wonder why she's stuck around this long.
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172	!!Holly Evers
173	The sportiest girl in Adele's grade.
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175	%%* ShipTease: Some with Patrick
176	%%* {{Tomboy}}
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178	%% !!Danny Mann
179	%% Aurora's love interest.
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181	%%* CampStraight
182	%%* TokenMinority

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