Sydney

## Before the Books

Before Sydney was Sydney, she was Olivia Rose, the Wallangarra prankster. She performed three pranks, each detailed with an intention for justice. The first was letting an army of frogs out in the school chapel. Her reasoning behind this was the school principal, Dr. Cooper, being unfair and mean to a girl named Ruby Carlisle. Ruby auditioned for the school play, which was *The Frog Princess*. She had the "voice of an angel" and auditioned for the lead part. However, when the casting came out, she did not get the part, or any part for that matter. She was "at the bottom of the list in the chorus." Dr. Cooper was openly rude to her, saying that she didn't have the 'right look' for such an important role. Then, "Cooper makes it worse and tells her 'Maybe if you had fewer desserts, you'd be more princess and less frog.'" So, to send a message, Sydney impersonates her biology teacher and orders "fifty bumpy spotted frogs". Then, as mentioned previously, she lets them all loose in the school chapel. Her second prank was taking apart the Dr. Cooper's car and re-assembling it in the library. She did *this* because Dr. Cooper canceled the engineering club and used the money to make a beauty pageant. Sydney even left a note on Dr. Cooper's windshield saying, "Bet you'd like an engineer now, wouldn't you?" On the day that Mother was there, she exploded the head off the statue of Mrs. Hobart's head. Sydney's reasoning behind this was because "beloved Mrs. Hobart, founder of the school, was a notoriously racist cow." Dr. Cooper is said to stop anything related to indigenous culture, like "celebrating Harmony Day" or "sponsoring a native dance event". Sydney also enjoys surfing, and when she joined the City Spies her specialty became explosives.

## City Spies

Sydney first was seen at the start of book one when she posed as a posh girl who had apparently stolen a phone from a store and her Mum had punished her by forcing her to stay in a jail cell for a night. Brooklyn had first described Sydney as “A girl who looked like she knew her way better around a salon compared to a jail cell.”

## City Spies: Golden Gate

Sydney was the main protagonist of City Spies: Golden Gate.

Sydney and Brooklyn are sent to the *Sylvia Earle*, a marine research vessel meant to inspire girls to pursue careers in sciences. They were sent to protect two vulnerable people: Judy Sombersby and Alice Hawthorne. Sydney, the rebel she is, decides to go for a swim in the early morning while breaking countless rules. Then, men including Emil Blix start hijacking the ship, looking for Judy and Alice. Sydney was in a terrible position, but she used this terrible position to her advantage. She managed to figure out that the hijackers planted military-grade explosives to the side of the ship. Sydney managed to successfully control the explosion while Brooklyn hid the two important girls and pressed the emergency SSAS button.

## City Spies: Forbidden City

Sydney’s role in this book is to go undercover as a writer for the website All Roads Lead to Audrey, where she writes a series of articles about Tabitha Banks, the daughter of Sir Reg, one of the people the City Spies are investigating.

## Relationships

* Brooklyn: Sydney has a caring take her under my wing vibe to Brooklyn. Sydney always believed in her even when she was framed for stealing the watch.
* Book 2: Sydney feels threatened by Brooklyn's spyness and ability to follow direction. She calls Brooklyn "Ms. Perfect."

* Kat: Sydney is a year older than Kat is, and as being part of Project City Spies together for at least a few years (along with sharing a bathroom and a suitcase) they would have established a decent relationship by the time this story takes place

* Rio: Sydney has a distant relationship with Rio. She thinks of him as an annoying little brother. She does not approve of some things he does.

* Paris: Sydney's relationship with Paris was not mentioned much. They were the first two people in project City Spies.