Priya Shah

## Priya

**Priya Shah** is one of the main characters in the series *Summer Camp Secrets*.

## Biography

Priya lives with her mother, father and younger brother Sam in an unspecified State. They live next door to Jordan who has been best friends with Priya since they were in kindergarten, and both attend Waggenheim Middle School and in the same science class. In *Just Friends?* it is revealed that Priya rarely spends time with other people her age because of her brother's medical issues, so she and Jordan would spend time with him.

### Appearance

Priya is described as having short black hair and "rosy skin", as noted by Natalie in *Three's a Crowd*. There were two occasions where she dressed feminine to attract attention, both of which failed.

## Personality

Priya is a tomboy, often exemplified by her constantly hanging out with Jordan and boys in general. This is shown in *Just Friends?* and *Hide and Shriek* with her walking alongside and talking to Spence. She and Jordan equally share their interest in disgusting and weird things, and managed to tame this aspect in front of other girls in order to get along.

## Relationships

* **Mrs Shah:** She is Priya's mother. She has short black hair and was the owner of a smoothie stand in the mall food court named "Smoothie Town" which her daughter and Riley helped with. She stressed over her children, especially her son, until Riley and his uncle reassured her. Her first and only appearances were throughout *Falling in Like* but has not been seen in the rest of the series.
* **Sam Shah:** He is Priya's younger brother of an unspecified age. He frequently suffers from illness causing him to be admitted to the doctors; his latest hospitalization was in *Falling in Like* as he broke his leg playing ice hockey. He was mentioned and talked about a few times in *Just Friends?* but didn't physically appear until *Falling in Like*. He was not seen or talked about again in the rest of the series.
* **Jordan:** Priya's best friend and former crush. He is the only male friend she had until they attended Camp Lakeview. When he starts liking Brynn he asks Priya to make her his girlfriend, but not without a few issues before becoming successful.
* Leslie Graff. She attended the same middle school as Priya and is a major science fan. She has a crush on a boy named Marco Rubio.
* Riley Simpson, a boy Priya meets at the food court and develops a crush on.

## Books

### Just Friends?

The book begins with Priya swimming in the lake with Jordan and discussing plans for the upcoming Washington D.C. trip. Her bunkmates tease her about Jordan but she denies them. In Nature, Jordan dares Priya to make him kiss someone, which she relays to her bunk who begin questioning if Jordan has taken an interest in Priya. At the camp barbecue, she and her bunk find Jordan had a makeover. She becomes shocked to learn that Jordan likes Brynn on the first day of the trip. While attempting various means to get Brynn to become Jordan's girlfriend, Priya eventually discovers she has a crush on him. At a dance on the Potomac cruise, Priya lies to Jordan, claiming that Brynn had faked everything, and dances with him, winning the competition.

Upon returning to camp, Priya reveals the truth to the pair. Brynn tells her that she and Jordan will remain as friends and convinces her to admit her true feelings. At the campfire Jordan briefly holds hands with Priya, who explains what really happened. The book ends with the pair playing basketball and Jordan telling Priya that Spence wants to spend time with her.

## Trivia

* Her IM username is Pree.
* She is Indian-American heritage.
* In *Camp Confidential* book twenty four Topsy Turvy*, she develops a crush on Ben at Camp Walla-Walla.*