BOOK FILE
The older-sibling problem exists before Book 3.
Stephanie is already part of Dewey's home life in Parent Problem Solver, where her academic success helps define the family around him long before Dewey formally opens a sibling division.
FAMILY FILE • OLDER SISTER • ACADEMIC DIVISION
Stephanie Fairchild
Dewey's older sister. Fourteen in the series project materials. Academically successful at Woodbine School. An unavoidable reminder that somebody in the family actually enjoys getting things right the first time.
FAIRCHILD HOUSE
Dewey is in the middle.
Stephanie is the older sister; Emma is the younger sister. Dewey occupies the highly useful position between them, which is excellent preparation for someone who eventually starts solving sibling problems professionally.
RELATED FILES
The whole house is evidence.
CLARA'S THREE-BOOK PERSONNEL UPDATE
Stephanie Fairchild across the office files.
Same person. Different year, different cases, different things happening around the desk.
BOOK 1 • PARENT PROBLEM SOLVER
Stephanie Fairchild
Stephanie is Dewey's academically successful older sister and part of the Fairchild household whose possible move becomes Dewey's personal case.
BOOK 2 • TEACHER PROBLEM SOLVER
Stephanie Fairchild
Stephanie remains part of the Fairchild family and joins in family projects, games, and humor despite her heavy schoolwork.
BOOK 3 • SIBLING PROBLEM SOLVER
Stephanie Fairchild
Stephanie is Dewey's older sister, academically driven and increasingly relevant to Dewey's effort to understand sibling boundaries and his own behavior as a brother.
People in this file: Dewey Fairchild
OPEN ANOTHER DRAWER
Same office. Different drawer.
Cases, chronology, people, connections, places, objects, snacks, sayings, and Clara's search cabinet are different ways into the same Book 3 file.