Sammy Keyes - Supporting Characters

Supporting Characters

• Mrs. Rothhammer coach of William Rose Junior High's softball team, which Sammy and most of her friends play on.
• Mrs. Ambler, Ms. Pilson, Mr. Tiller, Mr. Holgartner, Mr. Pence, Miss Kuzkowski are Sammy's seventh grade Homeroom, English, Math, History, Science and Art teachers at school, respectively.
• Vera & Meg Talbrook are Holly's foster parents. They take care of her in exchange for her assistance in the pet grooming shop they own, called the Pup Parlor. Vera is Meg's mother.
• Madame Nashira, also known as Gina; she is introduced in the first book. Owns Madame Nashira's House of Astrology. Occasionally offers Sammy advice in the form of astrological prophecies, which Sammy accepts as her friend, but does not take too seriously, due to her skeptical outlook on astrology.
• Mr. Caan, Vice Principal at William Rose Junior High. In the first book, his perception of Sammy is somewhat in line with a juvenile delinquent when she gets into multiple fights with Heather. However, over time, he accepts her as a worthwhile person and starts to realize that Heather is not as well-behaved as she would like to appear to him.
• Karl Briggs, older brother of Taylor Briggs and former best friend of Brandon McKenze.
• Taylor Briggs, Karl's younger brother and friend of Heather Acosta. Also likes Marissa in "Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Mustache Mary".
• Danny Urbanski, an 8th grader at William Rose Junior High. Marissa has a huge crush on him, yet the feelings are not entirely mutual. In Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls, Marissa finally stops crushing on Danny after he beats a man up.
• Dorito, Sammy's pet cat who is an orange tabby, and a white front paw. Sammy describes him as an orange speckled cat.
• T.J., son of Maynard. Usually seen running the cash register of his father's market, called Maynard's Market. He is often seen eating a Double Dynamo, which is a huge drumstick ice cream cone. Ironically, Maynard's is normally out of Double Dynamos, much to the chagrin of Sammy. Maynard's Market is a takeoff of Menards, also a family-run business.
• Cisco, the head custodian at William Rose Junior High. Admired by Sammy for his encouraging and likable demeanor.
• Mrs. Tweeter, the secretary of William Rose Junior High.
• Monet Jarlsberg and Tenille Toolee, Heather's friends, who are sort of bimbo-y and stupid. They both seem to exist to do her bidding. Monet is Heather's "little scout", and sometimes tries to spy on Sammy and her friends to gain information that Heather wants. Heather, Tenille, and Monet were on Mr. Vince's softball team for seventh grade. Monet played second-base, and according to Sammy, probably blackmailed somebody to get that position. Tenille plays right field, but as Sammy described how she played, she would just put her mitt up in the air and pray when a ball comes that it will land in her glove. Even though they follow Heather's orders in trying to ruin Sammy's reputation, they seem to be cowards at times, as in Sammy Keyes and the Wedding Crasher when Holly punches Heather in the stomach when she was about to kick Sammy after knocking her off her skateboard. They got scared and ran off, instead of helping Heather after she ordered them to. Just like Heather, Tenille and Monet drink beer and smoke cigarettes.