PROBLEM SOLVER AND ASSISTANT ADVISER
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Clara Cottonwood
Clara manages the office, advises Dewey, challenges his thinking, and helps him frame new sibling-problem methods while Dewey treats her as an essential partner.
BOOK 3 • WHO KNOWS WHOM
Nobody gets a file alone.
Parents and kids. Teachers and students. Friends and field teams. Siblings and rivals. The interesting part is often what happens between two people—and how that connection changes.
OPEN ANOTHER DRAWER
Same office. Different drawer.
Each drawer follows a different trail through Sibling Problem Solver.
CONNECTIONS
Clara connected the strings.
Some connections stay steady. Others move from conflict to cooperation, client to collaborator, or misunderstanding to something much more useful.
OFFICE COMPANIONS
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Wolfie
Dewey and Wolfie share an affectionate office relationship, with Wolfie regularly greeting, accompanying, or comforting people involved in Dewey's cases.
OLDER BROTHER YOUNGER SISTER
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Emma Fairchild
Pooh Bear's repeated interruptions force Dewey to confront the same attention and boundary dynamics he is trying to solve for other siblings.
YOUNGER BROTHER OLDER SISTER
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Stephanie Fairchild
Stephanie's request for space helps Dewey recognize that he can intrude on an older sibling in much the same way Pooh Bear intrudes on him.
SON AND FATHER
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Don Fairchild
Don remains openly affectionate with Dewey and frequently turns routine moments into lessons about attention, habits, and responsibility.
SON AND MOTHER
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Karen Fairchild
Karen manages Dewey's household routine and retains affectionate family language and expectations around him.
CLOSE FRIENDS
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Seraphina Johnson
Seraphina remains a core friend and field-team member whose original parent case is remembered as the beginning of Dewey's reputation.
BEST FRIENDS
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Colin Decker
Colin remains one of Dewey's closest collaborators, including school projects and drone work, while their friendship also accommodates teasing and occasional disagreement over privacy.
FRIENDS
Seraphina Johnson ↔ Elinor Mori
Seraphina meets Elinor over winter break and quickly becomes one of the first people Elinor identifies as a friend after moving to California.
CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Elinor Mori
Dewey and Elinor begin as classmates and become comfortable members of the same close friend group.
YOUNGER BROTHER OLDER SISTER
Archie Thomas ↔ Angelica Thomas
Archie and Angelica are siblings whose technology use becomes linked across two consecutive Thomas-family cases.
SON AND MOTHER
Archie Thomas ↔ Naomi Thomas
Archie's conflict with Naomi begins around a strict electronics rule and evolves into a more collaborative relationship when she learns Minecraft from him.
DAUGHTER AND MOTHER
Angelica Thomas ↔ Naomi Thomas
Angelica experiences Naomi's online participation as intrusive and embarrassing even though Naomi sees herself as joining the family's fun.
OLDER SISTER YOUNGER BROTHER
Claire Bautista-Knickerbocker ↔ Adam Bautista-Knickerbocker
Claire and Adam begin in an intense cycle of teasing, pranks, retaliation, and intimidation. Dewey's shared-problem strategy eventually produces genuine cooperation and mutual protection.
DAUGHTER AND FATHER
Claire Bautista-Knickerbocker ↔ Mr. Bautista-Knickerbocker
Claire's father responds to household conflicts as teaching opportunities and nearly requires Claire to file a real police report about the staged bicycle theft.
SON AND FATHER
Adam Bautista-Knickerbocker ↔ Mr. Bautista-Knickerbocker
Adam's father corrects and teaches him during family conflicts and the apparent bicycle theft while recognizing Adam's attempt to help Claire.
OLDER BROTHER YOUNGER SISTER
Efren Charles Disk ↔ Louise Disk
Efren wants privacy and control of his space while Louise repeatedly seeks his attention, producing a cycle of intrusion and retaliation that Dewey identifies as the central Disk-family pattern.
CO PARENTS AND CO CLIENTS
Julie Disk ↔ Charles Disk
Julie and Charles jointly seek Dewey's help for Efren and Louise and participate together in the final consultation.
CONSULTANT AND ADULT CLIENT
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Julie Disk
Julie becomes one of Dewey's first adult clients, gives him access for observation, and later responds warmly to his proposed solution.
CONSULTANT AND ADULT CLIENT
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Charles Disk
Charles becomes one of Dewey's first adult clients and actively helps Dewey articulate the final solution during the follow-up consultation.
PROBLEM SOLVER AND CLIENT
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Claire Bautista-Knickerbocker
Claire is the first sibling-problem client Dewey deliberately selects after formally expanding the business; Dewey observes her household, reassures her after Adam's pranks, and builds the shared-cause plan.
PROBLEM SOLVER AND CLIENT
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Archie Thomas
Dewey coaches Archie through investigation, confession, and negotiation around the Thomas household electronics rule.
PROBLEM SOLVER AND CLIENT
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Angelica Thomas
Angelica seeks Dewey out directly after the Archie solution creates a new social-media problem for her; Dewey investigates the issue and modifies the Thomas-family solution.
TEMPORARY STAKEOUT COMPANIONS
Dewey Fairchild ↔ Pumpkin
Pumpkin joins Dewey during the Disk mudroom stakeout and becomes a brief source of comfort and company.
OPEN ANOTHER DRAWER
Same office. Different drawer.
Each drawer follows a different trail through Sibling Problem Solver.