Zach Schnieder

Zach Schnieder is a new Freshman (Grade 9) at Canby High School. He is really into video games and is really smart. He has a little brother who is currently in Middle School. In the beginning of the series, he is mentioned by the teachers in the Gym. He is best friends with Dakota Tice. He is also good friends with Hunter Haberman.

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In Chapter 1: Freshmen Day, he is mentioned by the teachers in the Gym going into Group 4.

In Chapter 9: Cougar Clubs, he is first seen working in the Cougar Cafe along with Daniel, Kyle, Olivia, and Andrea. He is told he is doing a good job when Olivia sees him working. He later goes to the Jesus Club-a club created by Blake Mullenuex and Lindsay Tucker.

In Chapter 13: Shopping Night, he is seen at school with the Jesus Club group after Blake calls a meeting explaining they need to come up with ideas that are better than just prayer requests for the students. After hearing this, Zach whispers an idea into Daniel's ear which is: Street Ministry. The group is later seen buying cheeseburgers at McDonald's and then driving around Canby hoping to give them to hungry people and pray over them while sharing the Gospel. Zach forgets to grab the food and gets the door slammed on him. After the Street Ministry idea doesn't seem to work after two more attempts, Blake tells them they need to go deeper with their ideas.

In Chapter 14: Detention Hall, he is seen in his 3rd Period Class trying to help Kenzie with ideas for volunteer work when she stresses out about it.

In Chapter 16: Fighting Passion, he is seen hanging out with Logan, Dakota, Omar, and Josh. The 5 of them decide to start their own RP. During the day, a lot of thought is put into it, but Dakota suggests at least starting off with a Mario RP for practice.

In Chapter 17: Level Up!, he is seen hanging out with Dakota and the rest of the guys before school when Omar and Logan mention they both have ideas to level up their RP. Hearing this, Zach invites them to his place after school and Omar mentions an idea of mixing the Mario RP with Star Wars Characters. The group then discusses on how an RP like that would look like.

In Chapter 20: Sing It!, he is seen at the pet store with Omar, Jonah, and Gabe while they try to find out which pet Omar wants to buy. When Zach questions how many pets Omar has, Omar tells him that he has 1 dog, 3 snakes, about 5 fish, two guinea pigs, a parrot, and a couple other pets. He then questions him why he has so many pets, and Omar tells him that he's an animal lover. Before Omar can answer his third question, Alex comes into the room and tells Omar he should buy a cat as his next pet. Zach is concerned that the other animals would eat the cat alive, but Omar reassures him that he makes sure the other animals are tamed before he goes out to buy a new one. The group is later seen at Omar's house and much to Omar's luck, Omar finds out he's allergic to cats. Zach suggests taking the cat back to the pet store, but Omar refuses and instead, they take the cat over to Heather Kershner's house where they can give it to her. Once at her house, the two give the cat over to her and she suggests buying another pet at the animal shelter instead of the pet store. Before Zach can say anything else, Heather shuts the door in his face and then they leave.

In Chapter 23: I'm Not Alone, he is seen with the Jesus Club during a meeting put on by Blake and Lindsay, in order to start more outreaches. While they're trying to find more ways to reach out to the community, Zach suggests having a Pumpkin Carving Contest since Halloween is just a couple weeks away. The team seems open to having the contest, but it's unsure with other events that will take place in the coming weeks. When Kenzie mentioned having an idea about a Multicultural Thanksgiving Feast, he told her the only problem was is that they aren't authentic foods, to which Blake says that they would be as authentic as they could make them. The team then decides that they're going to host a huge Thanksgiving Outreach within the following month.