Honey Wheeler

## Appearance

Honey is young woman, described as slim, pretty, and with honey colored hair and hazel eyes.

## Personality

Honey is a kind girl with a sweet disposition. She is very sensitive to other’s feelings, trusting and thinks the best of everyone, and is extremely loyal to her friends.  She is overall cautious but will easily follow Trixie into dangerous situations.

Honey shares Trixie’s ambition to be detective and plans to open the Belden-Wheeler Detective Agency once they graduate from college.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Mrs. Wheeler

Honey shares a name with her mother, Madeleine Wheeler, and is her only daughter. As a child, Honey spent very little time with her parents, especially her mother, and feared that her mother did not love her. Throughout the series the two do connect, and seem to have a warm, if somewhat stilted, relationship.

#### Mr. Wheeler

Honey's father is a strong presence in her life, sometimes absent but always looking out for her. He often disapproves of the situations she gets into with Trixie.

#### Jim Frayne

Jim is Honey's adopted brother. The two are very close and share a friendly sibling relationship. Honey looks up to Jim.

#### Miss Trask

At the age of thirteen, Honey became ill due to her loneliness and fears. Miss Trask was hired by her parents to purchase a property in the country where Honey could recover. Miss Trask serves as a parental figure to Honey, and often looks out for her best interests.

### Bobwhites of the Glen

#### Trixie

Honey shares a close friendship with Trixie. She is very perceptive to Trixie's feeligns, and in turn Trixie helped Honey get over her fears and become more bold. Honey is the sensible friend, balancing out Trixie's often erratic ideas. She also helps her with problem solving various cases, and finding clues.

#### Brian

Honey is show to be interested in Brian throughout the series, however no real romantic relationship develops.

### Pets

#### Lady

Lady belongs to Mrs. Wheeler, but is most often ridden by Honey.

#### Strawberry

She is Honey's horse, but more often ridden by Mart.

### Buddy

Buddy, or Bud, is Honey's cocker spaniel. She gives him to Sally as a present.

#### Peanuts and Mur-Hadj

These are other horses that Honey has ridden throughout the book series.

### Other

#### Miss Lefferts

She was Honey's "awful" governess before Miss Trask.

#### Heather

Heather is a classmate from Honey's homeroom.

## Trivia

* Honey named the Water Witch, the rowboat on the Wheeler's lake.
* Honey is often referred to as "a school girl shamus" by the Bob-Whites and Sgt. Molinson.
* She is the first to suggest creating a club for their friends, and made the original Bob-White jackets.
* She went to Briar Hall boarding school before coming to Sleepyside.
* Honey is able to spot the difference between real and fake gemstones.
* Honey has a phobia of both spiders and snakes.
* In later books, Honey swoons over a handsome young horse trainer with no mention by Brian. Surprisingly, Trixie seems amused by her behavior.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Honey Wheeler." Trixie-belden.com. N.d. Retrieved April 4, 2021 from http://www.trixie-belden.com/chars/honey.htm
2. ↑ The Mystery Off Glen Road and The Mystery off Old Telegraph Road
3. ↑ The Red Trailer Mystery, pg 32
4. ↑ The Secret of the Mansion pg 35-36
5. ↑ The Secret of the Mansion, pg 22
6. ↑ The Red Trailer Mystery, pg 63 and The Mystery of the Galloping Ghost, pg 58
7. ↑ The Secret of the Mansion, pg 168
8. ↑ The Pet Show Mystery, pg 64
9. ↑ The Secret of the Mansion, pg 109
10. ↑ The Gatehouse Mystery, pg 40
11. ↑ The Gatehouse Mystery, 157-159
12. ↑ The Mystery of the Missing Heiress, pg 31
13. ↑ The Gatehouse Mystery, pg 24
14. ↑ The Mysterious Visitor pg 103