Sara Malvern

> *“So I am certifiably nuts, and I take five pills a night. But I seem normal now because I am. For what we are.”*
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> -Sara Malvern, *OCDaniel*
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Sara Malvern is the main female protagonist of *OCDaniel*

## Biographical Information

### Nicknames

Sara (by Daniel, John, her mother, and Daniel’s Family)Psycho Sara (nickname given to her by kids at school)

## Relationships

### Family

Thomas Malvern (father) (deceased)Michelle Malvern (mother)

John Flannerty (mothers boyfriend)

### Friends

Erin (Formerly)Daniel Leigh (best friend)

James Bennett (Formerly)

### Romances

Daniel Leigh (Crush/Possible Boyfriend)James Bennett (Former Crush)

## Personality

Sara suffers from generalized anxiety disorder, depression, bi-polar disorder, and mild schizophrenia, and doesn’t speak to anyone at school earning her the label “Psycho Sara”. Sara is very intelligent, with a photographic memory, stating she was in the gifted program at school. She is very observant, eccentric, and determined. She is also very open with Daniel about her condition.

## Appearance

Sara is described as having long, black hair and the greenest eyes Daniel’s ever seen. During a game they play, Daniel describes her as having smooth, rounded cheeks, rounded lips, and thin eyebrows. Erin describes her as beautiful and “like a prom queen” with perfect skin and dark hair.

## Relationships

### Thomas Malvern (Father) (Deceased)

There isn’t a lot of dynamic shown between Thomas and Sara, seeing as he passed away prior to the events of the book, but Sara states that he was the only one who seemed to understand what she was going through.

### Michelle Malvern (Mother)

The relationship between Michelle and Sara is very awkward and stiff, since Sara hardly speaks to her mother, and believes she had something to do with death of her father.

### Erin Stewart (Former Best Friend)

Erin is Sara's very first friend. They admire and love each other a lot and Erin was the girl that introduced Sara to what being a Star Child is and that's how their friendship grew stronger. (Spoiler) Towards the end of Sara and the Search for Normal, Erin is mad at Sara because Sara secretly recorded Erin being abused by her father. But Erin came to Sara's door and accepted her apology before leaving (she and her Mom and brother had to move to Maine since her father got reported by the police). So, even from afar, they're still Star Children together for life.

### James Bennett (Former Crush)

Contrary to the idea in OCDaniel, Daniel was not Sara’s first go at romance. Prior to actually meeting Daniel, she had met a boy named James, who saw the same therapist she did, Dr. Ring. Sara and James would meet at the park, and James seemed to initially really like Sara. He was always telling her that she was amazing and that he liked talking to her, but it became apparent that once his friends would come around, he would try and leave as fast as he could. Finally, when Sara came to his house and he didn’t let her in because he had friends over, she decided that she didn’t want friends that tried to hide her and her and James fell out.

### Daniel Leigh (Best Friend/Crush)

(See article: Daniel and Sara)

At the beginning of the book, Sara hardly speaks to anyone. However, when she speaks to Daniel one day, and ropes him into an investigation to figure out who killed her father, their friendship starts blooming, and from that, a romance between the two. Sara states that two years prior to the book, she had a crush on Daniel, and has since moved on (although it is implied that she still harbors those feelings). At the end of the book, the two go on their first date.

## Trivia

* She is thirteen years old :)
* She suffers from generalized anxiety, depression, bi-polar disorder, and mild schizophrenia
* The author - Wesley King - has announced that he will be releasing a book in spring of 2020 told from Sara’s point of view
* According to the synopsis of *Sara and the Search for Normal*, Sara's first friend was a girl she met in group therapy named Erin
* In *Sara and the Search for Normal* it is revealed that her favorite food is peanut butter, jelly, and mayonnaise sandwiches
* She likes cinnamon on her popcorn
* She lives on 52 Janewood Drive