Beacon Street Girls - Characters

Characters

• Maeve Kaplan-Taylor: Maeve's an outgoing and bubbly young teenager who wants to be a movie star. Her parents are separated, and she has a younger brother named Sam. Maeve's Irish and Jewish. She's constantly frustrated with schoolwork because she's dyslexic. She tries her best in school despite this, and uses a laptop in class as well as meeting with a math tutor once a week. She's notably "boy crazy," `her many crushes including Nick Montoya, Dillon Johnson, baseball player Robbie Flores, and Riley Lee. She loves to command attention and to be center stage, whether she's acting, singing, or dancing. She's consistently disorganized, often recruiting her friends' help in her large endeavors such as Project Thread, which was a project that aimed to deliver handmade blankets to the local homeless shelter. In the book "Letters From The Heart", she receives an award for Project Thread.
• Katani Summers: Also known as Kgirl, Katani loves fashion and is loyal to her friends. Her grandmother's the principal of Abigail Adams Jr. High, and Katani's older sister, Kelley, is mildly autistic. Katani's a very responsible young girl. She sometimes seems cold at first glance, but is really very kind and caring. Charlotte describes her as "a marshmallow disguised as a cactus." Katani gives style advice to all of the Beacon Street Girls (BSG), even Avery, who resists it. She doesn't like singing, as she isn't very good at it. She has a tentative relationship with Reggie DeWitt, whom she went to the Valentine's Day Dance with. She's the most organized of the BSG and also adores sewing and horseback riding.
• Isabel Martinez: Isabel's a Hispanic-American girl who moved to Boston so her mother could pursue treatment for multiple sclerosis. Her father was be left behind when she moved from Michigan. Isabel's a fan of art and basketball. She used to dance as well, but injured her knee when dancing ballet and is unable to continue dancing. She's new to Abigail Adams Jr. High, but soon became close friends with Maeve and Charlotte, then joined the BSG, despite Katani and Avery's cold reactions to her at first. Isabel later becomes good friends with Kevin Connors in the tenth book, Just Kidding. She loves to draw birds and often submits cartoons to the school newspaper, the Sentinel. She's known as a sweet girl and loves birds, especially her pet parrot named Franco. She's truly a very talented artist.
• Charlotte Ramsey: Charlotte loves school and wants to be a writer one day. She's traveled to many places, including Australia, Africa, and Paris, France. She stargazes and writes in her journal constantly. She hates being onstage or in the spotlight unless she's doing magic, and she's also very close to her elderly landlady, Miss Pierce. Charlotte lives with only her father, a travel writer, since her mother died of pneumonia when she was only four years old. Charlotte has a crush on Nick Montoya, who also enjoys travel and is one of her good friends. Charlotte also wrote the Tower Rules and is Secretary of the BSG.
• Avery Madden: Avery's an energetic and outspoken girl who's passionate about sports and animal rights. She's actually from Korea, but her parents (who're now divorced) adopted her when she was just a baby and brought her to America. She loves Marty, but sadly, she is not allowed to have any pets of her own because her mother's allergic to cats and dogs, and she isn't responsible enough for one. She doesn't like being labeled. Avery's tiny and slightly hyper, which is a part of her natural love for sports, especially soccer. She also laughs at anything and everything. Avery has two older brothers named Tim and Scott. She's likable and loves the Red Sox, particularly Robbie Flores.
• Anna McMasters: One of the mean girls at school, she and her friend Joline are known for their cruelty and meanness. She is tall, blond, and wants to be a model. She also has a sticker on her locker saying- 'It's an inside joke...and you're on the outside!' Anna's good at sports, often playing on the same teams as Avery. Anna's referred to as on of the "Queens of Mean" by the BSG.
• Joline Kaminsky: Anna's friend and henchwoman, Joline is also one of the mean girls at school. She does have a fondness for animals. Joline's very similar to Anna, but she doesn't play any sports. Joline's also one of the "Queens of Mean".
• Kiki Underwood: Kiki's also one of the mean girls at school. She's very loving to her parents, and her famous father has been shown to spoil her, as he offered to make a music video based on their talent show act. She's known by the BSG as the "Empress of Mean." She also enjoys boating.
• Chelsea Briggs: Chelsea's a classmate of the Beacon Street Girls at Abigail Adams Junior High, who's overweight but ends up losing weight. Her most notable appearance is in Lake Rescue. Later in the series, she becomes good friends with Charlotte and Nick Montoya. She has a passion for photography.
• Nick Montoya: Nick's a very kind, popular boy who has a crush on Charlotte. He is friends with all of the Beacon Street Girls, especially Charlotte. His family owns a local bakery called Montoya's and the BSG visit there frequently. Many girls at Abigail Adams Junior High like him for his friendly personality and good looks. He helps to form a travel club with Charlotte and Chelsea. He and Charlotte kiss in the fourteenth book,Crush Alert
• Betsy Fitzgerald: Betsy's in the same homeroom as the BSG. She is very intelligent and organized, and she always walks briskly, as if late for an appointment. Her dreams include getting into an Ivy League school, preferably Harvard, where her older brother attends. She constantly tries to build an impressive resume, but despite her stress over college, she is smart and friendly. She can head anything, and was a historical adviser for the movie Pirates of the Cape.