Abby Hayes

. She is willing to break the rules at times but only when she feels she needs to (e.g, she wanted to get her ears pierced with dire expression, she runs off and does it without consent.) Abby is a very good role model for young girls.

Abby's friends and relationships play a major role in her life, as well as her love for animals, notably cats and dogs. She owns a kitten with Isabel named T-Jeff, a kitten she had once taken in secretly when she found him in "Look Before You Leap" but was permitted to keep him officially when her parents found out. Her favorite color is purple and her favorite grade school teacher is Ms. Bunder, her creative writing teacher, and her favorite middle school teacher is Ms. Bean, her art teacher, who also happens to be good friends with Ms. Bunder.

A distinguishing characteristic of Abby is her curly, red hair and gray eyes. She hopes to become a writer, journalist, or writing teacher someday. Her major love interest is Simon, a saxophone player a year older than her who goes to her school.

Jobs

Abby is also an editor for "The Daisy". She has one of the most important jobs and is the only sixth grader on the staff.

She used to be "band manager's assistant" in her crush's band, the Jazz Tones. She had been nicknamed curly red, had done daring jobs and felt it was too pointless to stay, even for Simon, she quit as a result to join "The Daisy", her school newspaper.

Friends & acquaintances

*Jessica "Jessy" is Abby's former best friend. She was fond of space and science. She is fairly tall and has an unmarried mother. Later in the series, she moved in with her father along with his new wife and stepdaughters, changing into a total girly girl and even having a boyfriend in 5th grade.
*Ian is Jessica's boyfriend. He takes her to "mad cool" parties and is very popular.
*Natalie is an acquaintance of Abby, they used to be best friends but ever since Abby quit the band job, Natalie and Abby had become "just friends." Natalie was messy, but now she is neat and sleek. She wears hip clothes. She still enjoys Harry Potter and doing chemical experiments. She plays the clarinet and has a brother named Nicholas.
*Bethany is one of Abby's good friends. She loves animals, is a vegetarian and used to be a cheerleader for Brianna. She is also a talented gymnast. She owns one lops rabbit and one hamster named Blondie.
*Hannah is Abby's current best friend. They met at a fourth of July pool party. Hannah is much like Jessica, neat, understanding, friendly, and tall. She has long brown hair and big brown eyes like Jessica. She likes everything and is daughter of two successful teachers. She has a little sister named Elena.
*Brianna Bauer is a major show-off. She likes to brag excessively which includes reminding everyone she is the best and she only has the fanciest of things. She has one younger sibling and her current best friend is snooty, obnoxious, rude Victoria.
*Victoria is a mean, obnoxious friend of Brianna. When Abby fell on the first day of health class and lost her earring, Victoria called her the "One Earring Wonder."
*Sophia is a shy, artistic girl who is another of Abby's current friends. Sophia likes to draw, and is on 'The Daisy' newspaper staff as the artist.
*Simon is Abby's crush, saxophone player and middle-school popular.
*Casey Hoffman is Abby's friend from elementary school, whom she met while doing a science fair. Casey has an older sister.
*Mason is a good friend of Abby's, nicknamed "the Big Burper". He helps Abby out by helping her sell cookies on school grounds, though it is against school rules. Mason has an older sister named Kathleen. Kathleen also pierced Abby's ears for her.

Family

*Eva is Abby's older sister, one of her 'SuperSibs'. She is a freshman. She is athletic and captain of her basketball, softball, lacrosse, swimming, track,volleyball, and rowing teams. She is on the honors society and often fights with her twin sister, Isabel.

*Isabel is Abby's older sister, another 'SuperSib'. She is a freshman and very intelligent, who loves history and wars and nail polish. She starred in plays in middle school and always dresses fashionably.

*Alex is Abby's younger brother, who is in second grade but can already build robots. He is a master at video games and a computer whiz.He also looks up to Abby.

*Olivia Hayes is Abby's mother. She is a lawyer and a person who would do anything to ensure the best for her kids. It's because of her promotion in her job that they all move to the new house.

*Paul Hayes is Abby's father. He runs his own business from his office in their home. He helps the kids out when they're uncomfortable every single time. In one book, when Olivia's friend Laurie comes to visit, she has certain conditions she wants everybody to follow, like not eating any junk food or sugar or wheat. But Paul hides a stash of chocolate in his office and gives it to the kids after each boring meal.

Journal

Abby has kept a journal since just before fourth-grade. The novels contain traditional third-person writing intermixed with portions of Abby's journal written in the first person. Since Abby's favorite color is Purple, she writes in Purple ink. She adds calendar quotes to almost every entry, even some that she made up. Abby loves to write, especially in her journal and wants to become an author.

Calendars

Abby has been collecting calendars for years. She decided to start collecting something due to her Grandmother who collects salt and pepper shakers. Her walls are covered in calenders and she has stacks of others sitting on the floor of her closet. In her journal she begins nearly every entry with a calendar quote. When she moves, she has to pack away 15 boxes of calenders, showing that she has a huge collection. She also started to cut up her calenders and make collages out of them when her father suggested it. Abby loves to write and keeps a "Hayes Book of World Records"!

chool

Fifth Grade

In the fifth grade, Abby goes to Lancaster Clark Elementary School. Abby's favorite teacher is her creative writing teacher, Ms. Bunder, who gave her the nickname "Purple Hayes". Ms. Bunder comes to Abby's class every Thursday. Mrs. Kantor is her homeroom teacher who is new to the school. She had moved from Swiss Hill Elementary.

ixth Grade

Abby goes to Susan B. Anthony Middle School, where one of her most favorite teachers, Ms. Bean, works as an art teacher. She is similar to and friends with Ms. Bunder. Abby matures in the sixth grade. Abby had the courage to get pierced ears on her own,and she has a new sense of fashion. She makes a new friend, Sophia, who is very good at art and such.

Books

# "Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining" - Abby begins the fifth grade.
# "The Declaration of Independence" - Abby is trying to convince her parents she is mature enough to attend a carnival with only her friends.
# "Reach for the Stars!" - Abby constructs the Peter Pan play.
# "Have Wheels, Will Travel" - Abby tries to earn her own money to buy new Rollerblades. She was very excited.
# "Look Before You Leap!" - Abby gets a kitten.
# "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword" - Abby is the advice columnist of her school newspaper.
# "Two Heads Are Better Than One" - Abby has a science partner of whom she least expected.
# "The More, the Merrier" - Abby plans to have an end of summer party and paint her room purple.
# "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" - Jessica moves away.
# "Everything New Under the Sun" - Abby visits her Grandma and her "perfect" cousin Cleo.
# "Too Close for Comfort" - Abby goes on a disastrous camping trip with her new best friend.
# "Good Things Come in Small Packages" - Abby received a project for charity work, but thinks she will not get it done on time, forcing her best friend to overwork her brain and come up with solutions for Abby.
# "Some Things Never Change" - Jessica revisits and Abby sees she has changed a lot.
# "It's Music to My Ears" - Abby meets Simon, whom she takes a love liking to and takes a troubling baby-sitting job.
# "Now You See It Now You Don't" - There is a thief loose in Susan B. Anthony Middle School.
# "That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles"- Abby makes cookies and sells them to earn money.
# "Home is where the Heart is" - Abby moves.
# "What Goes up Must come Down" - Abby goes on vacation in Paris.

"Super Special #1- The Best is Yet to Come" - Abby graduates the fifth grade. "Super Special #2- Knowledge Is Power" - Abby starts the sixth grade."Super Special #3- Future Wishes" - Abby's life gets confusing, and wishes for future happiness.http://maplesim.com/app/index.html Go to this website to make your own character, and see if you can make a character similar to Abby Hayes!

External links

* [http://www.scholastic.com/titles/abbyhayes/books.htm Scholastic Web Page]
* [http://www.amazingmazer.com/ Anne Mazer Website]