Both Hailey Rogers and Claire Brown are 14 years old in the movie Aquamarine .
14-year-old best friends Hailey Rogers ( JoJo ) and Claire Brown ( Emma Roberts ) are upset to know that they will be separated in three days as Hailey has to move to Australia because of her mother 's ( Claudia Karvan ) work .
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