From the Files of Madison Finn

Summary

The Files of Madison Finn are a seventh grader's life that deals with boys, friends, enemies, and drama connected with technology by Laura Dower. One summer Madison and her mom go to Brazil. When they come back, Madison is bored. Her best friend, Aimee is at dance camp and Egg is at computer camp. She meets a new girl named Fiona Waters, who just moved into her neighborhood. At school, Fiona tries to be Ivy's friend. Madison, Aimee and Fiona all have so much fun in seventh grade from Fiona dating Egg (Walter), to Aimee having an eating disorder, to Aimee dating Ben, to going to New York for Lindsay's birthday, to Madison kissing Hart, to the world leaders conference, to moving up day, and especially to Hart Jones leaving Madsion to move to England. During the series, you will see Madison keeping files on her laptop computer about her day to day crazy, hectic life.

It's a laid back series, enjoyable to all ages, mainly any age especially ages 12 and up.

BOUNDARIES: 7th graders in this book involves making out and touching each other's " ".

Characters

• Madison Finn is the main character of the series. Her favorite color is orange and she has an orange laptop. She has a pug dog named Phineas and lives with her mother, as her parents are divorced. Madison's father begins to date a woman named Stephanie, who she initially dislikes, in the second book, but she grows used to Stephanie and Stephanie and Madison's father eventually get married. At the beginning of the series, Walter "Egg" Diaz and Aimee Gillespie are her best friends, but after soon after she meets Fiona Walters in the first book, Only the Lonely, Fiona becomes another one of her best friends. She has a crush on Hart Jones for the entire series, with them getting together as a couple in the twenty-second book, when Hart kisses her passionately on the lips. But, he soon moves away.
• Ivy Daly, A.K.A. Poison Ivy, is a girl with red hair and a snobbish attitude who is Madison, Aimee and Fiona's enemy. She once was Madison's best friend, but the two turned into enemies. She is usually Madison's lab partner but she rarely does her own work, preferring to copy Madison's. She considered Hart her boyfriend in the earlier books, but Hart himself told Madison he never really liked her. Ivy used to be Madison's BFF as told in Lost and Found. They had a fight in 3rd grade. She has two cronies, Rose (a.k.a. Rose Thorn) and Joan (a.k.a. Phony Joanie), who the three call Rose Thorn and Phony Joanie, respectively. It is told in the book, Keep It Real, that Ivy's mother is diagnosed with breast cancer.
• Aimee Anne Gillespie is a girl whom Madison has been friends with ever since she was born (mentioned in Boy Oh Boy!, book #2 in the series). She is thin and blonde, and loves to dance. She also performs ballet. (It tells you in book 9, Just Visiting.) She is also very afraid of water: when they were little, she fell in the water and never came up until a minute after.
• Bigwheels is Madison's keypal. Her real name is Victoria, nicknamed Vikki. They meet in the Only the Lonely, on bigfishbowl.com, a site that Madison frequently goes to because it's her favorite. She has a brother with autism. Bigwheels started her own blog, and shes states that "Madison, you are the only one that ever reads my stupid blog (mentioned in All That Glitters)".
• Fiona Waters is a girl who moved to Far Hills from California. She has a twin brother, Chet. In Only the Lonely, she showed interest in being Ivy's friend, but soon chose Madison. She is highly allergic to bees, shown in Save the Date.
• Walter "Egg" Diaz is Madison's male friend. He got his nickname when an egg was thrown in his face one Halloween. He is also Fiona's boyfriend after they get together in the middle of the series. He taught Madison how to use a computer, told in Book #2, and is a computer whiz.
• Hart Jones is Madison's crush throughout the series. He is Drew's cousin. Ivy and Madison were fighting over him, until he finally admitted his crush on Madison near the end of the series. Hart moved away in the second grade, but moved back. In the end he and Madison say that they like each other and kiss. But Hart moves away again.
• Chet Waters is Fiona Water's twin brother. He is considered "annoying" by Fiona and the other girls. His best friends are Walter Diaz, Hart Jones, Drew Maxwell, and Dan Ginsburg. In the 22nd book, All Shook Up, he admitted his crush on Madhur Singh, a friend of Madison's.
• Drew Maxwell is one of Madison's guy friends. He is the quiet one of the group, also the richest one out of them all. In the middle of the series, Drew admitted to liking Madison and asked her to the "Heart 2 Heart" Dance and she immediately turned him down. He is also second cousins with Hart.
• Dan Ginsburg is one of Madison's other guy friends. In fifth grade, most kids called him "Pork-o" because he ate everyone's food when they were done. He works as a volunteer at the veterinary clinic with Madison. In the 11th book, he admitted to liking Madison and being her secret admirer.
• Lindsay Frost is one of Madison's friends. Madison had known her since first grade, but never really knew her well. She was first featured in the 3rd book, Play It Again, as the girl who had the voice, but was very shy. Her parents were going to be divorced, but it was never mentioned after the 20th book, All That Glitters.
• Madhur Singh is Madison's newest pal. She and her family were from India. Madison had seen her in class but never knew her until the 22nd book, All Shook Up. She admitted to liking Hart Jones, but gave up on him when she found out accidentally that Madison and Hart were going out. In the end, she ended up with Chet Waters.
• Josh Turner was Madison's crush when Madison saw him in the neighborhood, but ended up with Hart.
• Mark was Madison's crush when she had visited her Grandma Helen during fireworks festival. Mark was the first boy to kiss Madison.
• Frannie Finn is Maddie's mom. She is divorced and lives with Madison.
• Jeffrey Finn is going out with Stephanie who later on becomes Madison's stepmom in a bonus book.
• Phineas Finn is Madison's beloved pug who is "going out" with Aimee's Basset Hound Blossom.

Recurring themes

• Madison always types in a file on her laptop.
• Madison's father, Jeff Finn, constantly sends her jokes that she finds lame.
• Madison has a crush on Hart Jones.
• Madison's always on bigfishbowl.
• Madison is sometimes jealous of Ivy Daly who is stealing Hart from her.
• Has a crush on three boys, Mark, Will (From camp sunshine super edition #2) and Hart.
• Madison's first kiss with a boy was with Mark.
• Plays with Phin her dog.
• Hangs out with Aimee, Fiona and Lindsey.

Book titles

1. Only the Lonely
2. Boy, Oh Boy!
3. Play It Again
4. Caught in the Web
5. Thanks for Nothing
6. Lost and Found
7. Save the Date
8. Picture-Perfect
9. Just Visiting
10. Give and Take
11. Heart to Heart
12. Lights Out!
13. Sink or Swim
14. Double Dare
15. Off the Wall
16. Three's a Crowd
17. On the Case
18. Give Me A Break
19. Keep It Real
20. All that Glitters
21. Forget Me Not
22. All Shook Up

Super Edition #1 To Have and To Hold

Super Edition #2 Hit the Beach

Super Edition #3 Friends 'till the End

Bind Up #1 Books 1-3 2C4W* Too Cool For Words

Bind Up #2 Books 4-6 BF4E* Best Friends Forever