Just Listen Characters

Meet the Cast

Annabel Greene

Annabel, our narrator, is definitely in a tough place. She's entering another year of high school and isn't looking forward to it at all. Her best friend Sophie absolutely hates her and she doesn't...

Owen Armstrong

Anger Management's Poster ChildWhen Annabel first meets Owen, she's a little afraid of him—after all, the rumor is that he's a pretty volatile and violent guy. As she gets to know him though, she...

Will Cash

Will Cash is a real snake of a character. Sophie may think that he's a catch of a boyfriend, but in fact he's a dangerous jerk. Both Annabel and Emily find out about his true character the hard way...

Sophie Barker

Sophie Barker is Annabel's former best friend. They were essentially inseparable for four years, but now Sophie has turned on Annabel and is making her life miserable. She believes that something h...

Whitney Greene

Of the three Greene sisters, Whitney is both the most beautiful and the most outwardly troubled. She has a promising modeling career ahead of her when it becomes clear that there's something wrong;...

Kristen Greene

Kristen is the sister who seems most unattached to the rest of the family. She's off in the big city living her own life and trying to redefine herself—at the beginning of the book she's the only...

Emily Shuster

At the beginning of the book Emily is a girl who—like Sophie—has betrayed Annabel. She's another model, and she's basically slipped in and taken Annabel's place as Sophie's Official Best Friend...

Clarke Reynolds

Clarke Reynolds is a casualty of Annabel's relationship with Sophie. Clarke used to be Annabel's best friend when they were kids, but Annabel ditched her for Sophie and they haven't talked since. A...

Rolly

Rolly is Owen's best friend and works at the radio station too. He's a fun-loving, happy guy who goes to the hippie private school in town. Rolly works at a self-defense studio as the guy that peop...

Mrs. Greene

Mrs. Greene is the matriarch of the family, but she's also the person who seems delicate and fragile to her children. Ever since her own mother died and she fell into a spell of depression, the fam...

Mr. Greene

Mr. Greene is the caring, steadfast father figure in Just Listen, and throughout the book Annabel refers to her father as the strong one. After all, he remains calm and collected when his wife fall...

Mallory Armstrong

There are few things that rival rabid prepubescent fans. Mallory Armstrong is Owen's annoying little sister who just happens to be obsessed with models, and is therefore totally star struck by Anna...