Joey Getchie
Joey Getchie is the main character in The Myth of Joey Getchie series. At the start of the first book, Property of the State, Joey was sixteen years old and living in foster care.
Biography
Joey's mother is Eva Getchie and his father Orville Getchie. His sister is Laura Getchie. His father and sister died in a house fire when Joey was six years old. Eva fled the scene, leaving Joey to be taken into state care. From that point on, he live in the Oregon foster care system. He had nine different foster placements from age six through the events of Property of the State.
During Property of the State, Joey is being fostered in the home of Anita and Wayne Bobbitt. He worked as a housecleaner and doing odd jobs for the Huntzel family while attending high school at Katz Learning Annex.
Vital Statistics
Date of Birth: 6 April 2001
Date of Death: —
Character Affiliations
- Eva Getchie, biological mother
- Orville Getchie, biological father
- Laura Getchie, half-sister
- Trisha Lee, friend
- Kristina McEntire, friend
- Duncan Fox, friend/rival
- Hedda Petty, foster caseworker
- Anita Bobbitt, foster mother
- Wayne Bobbitt, foster father
Foster Placement History
Foster Parent(s) | School | Age | Grade | Caseworker |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maddie O’Neill | Buckman | 6 to 7 | 1 to 2 | Edwina Pryor |
Smiths | Kelly | 8 to 10 | 3 to 5 | Hedda Petty |
Quittners | Abernethy | 10 | 5 | Hedda Petty |
Yearlings | Hosford Middle | 11 | 6 | Hedda Petty |
Tinkels | Lane Middle | 11 to 13 | 6 to 9 | Hedda Petty |
Tinkels | Marshall | 14 | 9 | Hedda Petty |
Franks | Forest Grove | 14 | 9 | Hedda Petty |
Rieskes | Parkrose | 14 | 9 | Hedda Petty |
Natrones | Central Catholic | 15 | 10 | Hedda Petty |
Bobbitts | Katz | 15 to 17 | 10 to 11 | Hedda Petty / Fairman McNamee |
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