Julie Graham-Chang



Julie is one of the two main protagonists in the series ''The Popularity Papers. ''She is the best friend of Lydia Goldblatt. Julie has 2 fathers, Daddy and Papa Dad. She is shown to be a very talented artist and field hockey player. She starts dating Roland Asbjornsen in book 6, after he kisses her in book 5. She plays the drums in the band The Macramé Owls with Roland, Lydia, and Jane Astley in book 5. Out of her and Lydia, she is shown as being the less brave one. She often knows when Lydia can be getting pushy or taking popularity too far, and can reel in Lydia's schemes if need be.

Description
Julie Graham-Chang is a shy and funny, good artist who likes being with her best friend Lydia Goldblatt, is determined to gain as much popularity as she can in Junior High, although in the later books their somewhat absurd schemes have less to do with popularity. Julie lives with her two dads, Papa Dad and Daddy, who adopted her when she was a baby in the middle-class area of town. She was born in Bolivia. She has been friends with Lydia since babyhood, and they may have known each other a long time before they were one years old. She is the girlfriend of Roland Asbjorsen. In the first book she was friends with Field Hockey girls Deidre Nutter and Maxine Harrington, particularly with Sukie Thomas. Julie spent brief time with the middle school clique the Bichons while Lydia was in London until she broke up with them. She was friends with Jonathan Cravens before he became an antagonist in book three. Although in the first book she was determined on being popular, in the second book she learns, after popular Lydia gets pushy and she sees how the Bichons act, she starts to wonder the true meaning of popularity.

She is also friends with Jen Mattocks as well as Shiz-Tuz Lisa Kovac, Jane Astley and Gretchen Meyer and Lydia's ex-friend Chuck on and off as the story progresses. She does not like Della Dawn and the other Bichons, Jonathan Cravens after the third book and Lydia's dad. She also is okay with Melody, but thinks she is weird when she is Goth in the first three books. In the second book she meets the Outcasts and seems to like them, although she is distracted by Lydia being slightly power crazy. If you haven't read this book I recommend it.