![]() Only Known by Their Nickname: "Izzy" is not Izzy's real name or even related to her real name, which is never revealed.D." throughout Brianna's chapters so as to hide the fact she's Brianna Davis's mother. Only Known by Initials: She's only referred to as "Mrs.Kid Hero All Grown-Up: Izzy's day is in the past and the present-day chapters show her as the cool new drama teacher, Mrs.Details about her own bat mitzvah are revealed in Becoming Brianna, including that she was the first and only child in her immediate family to have one (the temple didn't allow girls to have a ceremony at her older sister Dani's age and her younger sister Ashley refused to). Justified in that Positively Izzy only covers one day in her childhood on the day of school talent show and is set in the past. Informed Judaism: It's not until her daughter's book, Becoming Brianna, that any mention of Izzy's Jewish bloodline, background, or being part of a temple is mentioned.Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: She and her younger sister Ash are the foolish ones compared to their older sister Danielle.This is later confirmed in Becoming Brianna. There's no mention of Izzy's father or where he is until Brianna's epilogue, where she states that Izzy's older sister (her Aunt Danielle) has a son named after Brianna's late grandpa-Izzy's dad. Disappeared Dad: Izzy's mom is a Struggling Single Mother trying to raise her three daughters alone and work as an ER nurse.This however, only serves to make the fact she's now her teaching at Briannas school even more awkward for Brianna, as everyone thinks Izzy is much cooler than her brainy daughter and constantly compare the two. She lets her English students perform literature instead of just reading it, and all the students love her. Cool Teacher: She grows up to be this trope.Brilliant, but Lazy: Izzy is good at select subjects-art, writing, and drama-but bad in several others, including math.This makes sense once it's clear that her part of the story is set at over two decades in the past and so in a time where a diagnosis-especially for girls-wasn't always easy to obtain. This is a symptom of ADHD but a diagnosis is never stated for her. Ambiguous Disorder: Izzy is always distracted in class, and many of her teachers say in reports that she is smart and talented but needs to learn how to focus.Imagine how embarrassing it must be when your peers think your mom is cooler than you. But thats the problem-Izzy is so fun and perky and a lot of Bris classmates compare them to each other, knowing they're related. ![]() Technically, shes not embarrassing her daughter Brianna in the typical way instead she is the Cool Teacher, and everyone loves her for being so creative and outgoing with her classes. Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Zig-Zagged.Davis-who's also the mother of the secondary protagonist, Brianna Davis. DavisThe primary narrator of Positively Izzy.Īt the end of the book, it's revealed that Izzy's chapters are set in the past, and she has since grown up to be the new popular drama/eighth grade English teacher, Mrs. She remains shy, but slowly becomes more confident as she makes more friends than just her Best Friend (and Childhood Friend) Brianna. Shrinking Violet: Emmie is so shy at first that she cant even speak up enough to ask people to move more than an eighth of an inch so she can get to her locker.Hidden Depths: She is (in Jamie's words once she actually gets to know her) sweet, easygoing, and talkative.In fact, Brianna is her childhood friend, Best Friend, and only friend until she starts to speak to Tyler and Sarah. Childhood Friends: With Brianna, who she's known since Brianna moved to town.By the time of Truly Tyler, she's more confident and has made friends with Tyler and Sarah and-while she's still somewhat shy and nervous-when Joe tries to embarrass her about a theoretical love note, she stands up for herself and embarrasses him back-something very un-Emmie like. Character Development: Emmie is super shy in her first book, to the point she can't even ask the students standing by and blocking her locker to move or confess her crush on Tyler, and walking to class alone makes her stomach twisty Joe's picking on her upsets her, but she never speaks up against it and only takes his insults and teasing.Beware the Quiet Ones: Emmie doesn't always speak up for herself, but when she does, she means it.She's also the character the series is named after. Emmie is shy, quiet, and artistic, but as the series goes on she starts to come out of her shell a little more and more. Emmie DouglassThe primary narrator of Invisible Emmie and secondary narrator of Truly Tyler.
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