Callie Quinn is the protagonist of the book "Where the Stars Still Shine". At the beginning of the book Callie is very insecure, lonely and sad. Living with her mother while traveling from place to place while hiding from the police makes Callie feel unsafe and scared. Trish Doller reveals Callie Quinn's insecurity and loneliness through Callie's actions of not wanting to go to school and running away. He often runs away to try to think about his future. “I wish you wouldn't run off to that laundromat in the middle of the night, Callie.”(6) She has no friends and only has her mother who smokes, gets drunk, and is a terrible role model for Callie, which causes Callie be sad and have a poor life. Callie has never been to school and that's what makes her so lonely. She wants her and her mother to have a better relationship. "I like it when I make my mother laugh." (12) She feels sorry for her mother and always tries to make her happy. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes. She is shy and unconfident, but over the course of the book she grows into an outgoing, confident and mature young woman. These changes begin when he moves in with his father, Greg, and his stepmother, Phoebe. She finds a job that gives Callie money to buy clothes, objects and things that she couldn't own before and that help her gain more confidence in her appearance. She has Greg design her room, which helps her become more confident. Furthermore, she always talks to more people and has more friends, which turns her into an outgoing person. With Greg and Phoebe having reasonable rules, Callie is able to grow into a mature young woman. “A smart girl like you can do anything she wants.” She says. And for the first time...I think.' (336) They are both... in the center of the paper... the hand squeezes me gently and then I let go. “But I'm going home.”' (309) Callie finally says goodbye to her mother and has a happy life with her father. Callie's life is told throughout the book in chronological order, from her life with her mother to her decision to stay with her father. Throughout the book, the author, Trish Doller, includes flashbacks of the memories Callie had before her parents divorced to the times when she lived with her. his mother. “I believed her then, when we lived in a real apartment with house plants, paintings on the walls and a tiny balcony overlooking a river.” (11) Callie had a flashback to when she lived in an apartment with her mother. These flashbacks helped explain Callie's life and helped develop Callie's character in our minds. This helped us understand that Callie didn't trust her mother as much as she did when she was happy with a real home.