Joey Getchie

Joey Getchie is the main character in The Myth of Joey Getchie series. At the start of the first book, Property of the State, Joey was sixteen years old and living in foster care.

Biography

Joey's mother is Eva Getchie and his father Orville Getchie. His sister is Laura Getchie. His father and sister died in a house fire when Joey was six years old. Eva fled the scene, leaving Joey to be taken into state care. From that point on, he live in the Oregon foster care system. He had nine different foster placements from age six through the events of Property of the State.

During Property of the State, Joey is being fostered in the home of Anita and Wayne Bobbitt. He worked as a housecleaner and doing odd jobs for the Huntzel family while attending high school at Katz Learning Annex.

At the end of Property of the State, he became the owner of the dog Caliban who was left behind when Kristina McEntire fled the burning Huntzel Manor with her brother Philip Huntzel.

Vital Statistics

Date of Birth: 6 April 2001
Date of Death: —

Character Affiliations

• Eva Getchie, biological mother
• Orville Getchie, biological father
• Laura Getchie, half-sister
• Trisha Lee, friend
• Kristina McEntire, friend
• Duncan Fox, friend/rival
• Hedda Petty, foster caseworker
• Anita Bobbitt, foster mother
• Wayne Bobbitt, foster father

Foster Placement History

Foster Parent(s)	School	Age	Grade	Caseworker
Maddie O’Neill	Buckman	6 to 7	1 to 2	Edwina Pryor
Smiths	Kelly	8 to 10	3 to 5	Hedda Petty
Quittners	Abernethy	10	5	Hedda Petty
Yearlings	Hosford Middle	11	6	Hedda Petty
Tinkels	Lane Middle	11 to 13	6 to 9	Hedda Petty
Tinkels	Marshall	14	9	Hedda Petty
Franks	Forest Grove	14	9	Hedda Petty
Rieskes	Parkrose	14	9	Hedda Petty
Natrones	Central Catholic	15	10	Hedda Petty
Bobbitts	Katz	15 to 17	10 to 11	Hedda Petty / Fairman McNamee

Appearances

• The Missus
• Property of the State
• No Wrong Answers
• Joey Getchie 2 (indefinitely on hold)