Joey Costello

Joseph "Joey" Costello is the little brother of Lisa Costello, in the book Fortune Cookie.

Characteristics
Joey is a six year old boy with curly dark hair and brown eyes. He is small for his age and skinny, and looks younger than he is. He is mostly confined to a wheelchair, due to having Muscular Dystrophy.

Attire
Joey wears t shirts with jeans.

Personality
Joey is a sweet, innocent, kind and cheerful little boy, as he should be at his age. Despite his illness, he is optimistic, and loves his sister Lisa, her best friend Danielle and his new dog Cookie very much.

Trivia

 * Joey used to be able to walk, as mentioned by Lisa.
 * Muscular Dystrophy is a progressive and degenerative disease of the muscles, leaving sufferers unable to walk and sadly often dying young.
 * Joey's favourite book is Charlie Clark.
 * This is where they got the idea to name Cookie, Charlie has a dog just like him.