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Candlewick: Has an English “mum” and a Bostonian dad and has spent a lot of time in the UK so sometimes does like, a weird hybrid-British accent, and everyone is like “omg candlewick u aren’t actually Peppa Pig calm down” and she’s like “I shant!” – she brings tea in her thermos and gets an award for Best Manners at the end of the school year. Not only is she NOT allowed to go on the subway by herself, she would never dream of asking; she is escorted by a Mary Poppinsish nanny when they are in NYC.
Chronicle: Is from San Francisco and has a super-wealthy dad who does things like take them to Japan to get REALLY good Sushi for their birthday instead of Chuck-E-Cheese, they love high-low fashion both modern and vintage so they sometimes dress a little “different.” They aren’t a snob or anything, very sweet kid, just, you know, cooler than you and your kid. They are allowed to go on the subway with their buddy Abrams when they are in NYC.
Abrams: Has two dads - one is a slightly older NYC former punk who, though he is now a silver fox, is still nonconformist, super into street art, etc. The other is a handsome Frenchman. They take little Abrams to museums and gallery openings for fun, and he goes to slam poetry camp for a week every summer. Is good friends with Chronicle, they both have an artistic sensibility and appreciate high-quality goods, and both have quirky and independent personalities. He is allowed to go on the subway by himself.
Holiday House: She is being raised by her distant Chinese grandparents. Quieter than many of the other extroverts in the class, Holiday House brings a sandwich and an apple every day for lunch, which she eats in the library, with her best friend, the librarian. Indeed, many of her friends are adults – kids like her too, she’s not weird or anything, just a little on the shy side. She wears prairie dresses and has an aversion to things she deems “unsanitary” which includes dodgeball, jungle gyms, etc. She is not allowed to go on the subway OR to the corner store by herself.
LittleBrown: From Boston originally, though has lived in NYC since he was young; grandparents are French and he goes to visit them in summer. Pretty much friends with everyone, outgoing, not stuck-up, though he’s popular so he might take a long time to get back to you about that project or party or whatever. Clean-cut, class president, kinda effortless way about him, wins a ton of awards, etc. You’d be jealous if you didn’t like him so much! Is allowed to go on the subway by himself, but wouldn’t, because he’d always go with a gaggle of friends.