Mattie

Mattie is the main character of the book Strawberry Crush. She is the cousin of Maya.

Characteristics
Mattie is a 12 year old girl with thick, reddish brown hair, pale freckled skin, a round face and blue eyes. She is of average build for her age, but looks bigger next to her tiny, delicate looking cousin, Maya.

Attire
Mattie wears her school uniform for school. Our of school she wears jeans with t shirts or sweatshirts.

Personality
Mattie is sensible and grounded, but not at all in an unrealistic way for her age. She is frequently annoyed by, but is protective of her cousin, Maya, due to her being silly and easily led, and having a tendency to get overly obsessed with her crushes.

Trivia

 * By the end of Strawberry Crush, Mattie has a crush of Owen; they've been texting a lot and she often thinks of him.
 * She says it's not painful like Maya's crushes (apparently) are, but then it's still early days, and it might not come to anything.
 * This is also likely due to Mattie's crush on Owen being much more appropriate and realistic for her age, and possibly could turn into something real one day, whereas Maya's crushes aren't at all healthy, appropriate or realistic, especially due to her age and being silly and easily led.