THE CHARACTERS
VIVIENNE MALONEY
Vivienne Maloney is 11 years old. She is in grade 6 at Bromly Middle School. When she isn’t at school, she spends a lot of her time at the local gymnastics club training for her next competition. She loves the gymnastics gym so this might seem odd, but at school, Vivienne hates gym class.
Favourite Activities: Gymnastics, reading, and hanging out with friends.
Favourite Subject: Math
Worst Subject: PE (Physical Education). Ugh! Gym class sucks.
Greatest Accomplishment: First place in Beam at the Bend-A-Lot Gymnastics Competition
Superpower: Excellent at going boneless and being extra bendy.
CALISTA KRANITZ
Calista Kranitz is 12 years old. She is also in grade 6 at Bromly Middle School. Her favourite thing to do outside of school is skiing. She used to compete in freestyle skiing comps however she is no longer a competitive athlete. Instead, she likes to shred the slope with her ski pals and she is training to become a certified coach.
Favourite Activities: Skiing, making snow angels, jumping off the deck rails into super deep snow.
Favourite Subject: French and English
Worst Subject: Probably Social Studies, but gym sucks too and she can’t wait to drop that class.
Greatest Accomplishment: Getting a 360 on her skis and getting her Freestyle Coaching, Assistant Certificate
Superpower: Standing up to the boys, lunging legs of steel, and catching big air.
ANNIE DUMONT
Annie Dumont is 11 and in grade 6 at Bromly. She is not sporty in the way that one would think that someone is sporty. She likes to hike with her family. One foot in front of the other, steep inclines, backpacking, and camping. That’s never a problem, but put her in an aggressive situation where everyone is fighting for the ball, and she freezes up. She hates sports like that. And she’s not good at any of them. Why can’t they teach hiking in PE?
Favourite Activities: Picking flowers, painting, playing the guitar, hiking, and reading
Favourite Subject: Music and Art
Worst Subject: Hands down: gym class.
Greatest Accomplishment: Hiking Kilimanjaro with her family.
Superpower: Seeing the good in people, even the mean ones.
MILLIE JOHNSON
Millie Johnson is 12 years old. She belongs to the Gym Class Sucks Club at Bromly Middle School. Her days are stacked with training, and she competes at a high level for swimming, continuously breaking club records. She trains before school, after school, and on weekends. Gym class isn’t her favourite. She feels like she has two left feet when it comes to the popular team sports like basketball, volleyball, or hockey. Put her in the pool, and things just seem to fall into place.
Favourite Activities: Swimming, swimming, and more swimming. Wave pools are fun too.
Favourite Subject: Art
Worst Subject: Gym class.
Greatest Accomplishment: Making the National Training Camp in her age category, getting a personal best at the National Competition for 400m Free and 200 IM.
Superpower: Mermaid lungs.
CHLOE LAPOINT
Chloe Lapoint is 12. She doesn’t have any after school team stuff to go to like most kids do because she’s not signed up for anything. She likes it that way because she loves to bike with her family. Chloe heads to the mountains with her dad and they clock many miles. Some easy trails, some hard trails. Every weekend, they spend time in the mountains.
Favourite Activities: Mountain biking and bike touring. Reading too.
Favourite Subject: Science and Math
Worst Subject: Gym class.
Greatest Accomplishment: Bagging her first black diamond trail with her dad.
Superpower: Climbing hills on her bike and being able to talk through it.