

At first, Maddie thinks of Jana as a mean and bratty person but later befriends her. She constantly feels down and thinks of herself as a dumb and retarded person. Mad Maddie or Maddie is one of the main protagonists and is best friends with Angela Silver and Zoe Barrett.

Angela has a twelve-year-old sister, Chrissy, whom she finds really annoying. Her second crush, Ben Schlanker, turns out to have a girlfriend named Leslie. After she breaks up with Rob Tyler, for whom she had strong feelings, she cannot help but miss him. She also states that one of the trio has to be sexually involved with a guy, and just knows that she will be the one. Angela believes that the winsome threesome will always stick together, no matter what. She is supposedly a good friend, but she cannot keep a secret, the one flaw that Maddie constantly brings up. SnowAngel or Angela is one of the main protagonists and is best friends with Zoe Barrett and Madigan Kinnick.They all go through their ups and downs of tenth grade. Instead she goes to a party with Jana Whitaker and ends up getting really drunk and taking her shirt off and dancing naked in front of guys. When Halloween arrives, though, Maddie ditches her friends and doesn't show up. For Halloween, the trio plan to go trick or treating as mold, fungus and dust. Maddie gives Jana a ride home (when she was supposed to give Angela a ride) and Angela gets mad at her too. Days later, Rob goes on another date (while he was supposed to be on a date with Angela and left her waiting) with Tonnie and says that she asked him out and he didn't know how to say no. Rob apologizes and states that Tonnie refused to let him call Angela. Angela then learns that Rob went out with Tonnie Wyndham while she had to stay home.

The next day, Angela is unable to go on a planned date with Rob since her mother grounded her for going to a bar without permission. Later, she reveals to her friends that Rob is "the one", as in the one she goes all the way with. Rob finally asks Angela out and the two have a fun time together, which is how Angela describes it. Maddie notices how mean Jana Whitaker, the school's queen bee, is to her and to other students. When Angela discovers that Rob Tyler is in her French class, she develops a crush on him. Zoe wants something meaningful and big to happen in her life, Angela knows it is going to be a fabulous year and that she is going to meet the boy of her dreams, and Maddie can't help but feel low and down on herself. At the beginning of the book, the trio, who refer to themselves as the "winsome threesome," believe that they will stick together forever. Three friends, Angela Silver (SnowAngel), Zoe Barrett (zoegirl), and Madigan "Maddie" Kinnick (mad maddie) are just starting tenth grade of high school.
