GEORGE ALTMAN has been a single father to fifteen-year-old Tessa for about as long as he's been a father. But while his wife's postpartum departure might have blown other men to bits, George picked up the pieces and ran with them. He's not a perfect dad, but what he lacks in a general knowledge of the teenaged girl's psyche, he makes up for with a genuine desire to understand his daughter and help her navigate her adolescent years. His ability to sympathize coupled with his metropolitan take ... Read more »

It's possible DALLAS ROYCE has never seen the inside of a diner, flown with a layover, or spoken to a mechanic. But while she might take this for granted, she never lets it go to her head. She cares deeply about her fellow man, as evidenced by her membership in the Neighborhood Association, PTA, and Chatswin Country Club in addition to her charities: Airbeds for the Homeless, Airbeds for the Elderly, and the Altmans. She is always impeccably dressed in the hippest haute couture and looking to ... Read more »

LISA SHAY is the kind of person who deserves to be happy in life but probably never will be. At least not while she's in high school... or college... or her twenties. So she spends her days doing all she can to fly under the radar, lest the people she encounters – her mother, Dalia, the postman – compound the pain. And who can blame her? Her parents shower all their love and devotion on her brother Ryan; Chatswin High glitterati respect only the Nordic and faux-Nordic; and the po ... Read more »

NOAH WERNER is the suburban bon vivant. No one else comes close. After all his hard work putting himself through dental school, he decided he’d earned the right to let loose, and there is no better playground than Chatswin. He loves and frequents every square inch of the place, from the tanning salons to the hair salons to whatever other in-vogue salon might pop up. If Noah’s not in suburbia, he’s nowhere near home. ... Read more »