Heather Kershner

Heather Kershner is a new Freshman (Grade 9) at Canby High School. She loves pretty much anything. In the beginning of the series, she is mentioned by the teachers in the Gym. She is best friends with Jeffrey Frazelle. She is also good friends with Garrett Jackson, Alex LaMunyon, Hunter Haberman, and Daniel Tucker. She is rivals with Willie Walls. She also formed a band with Mick Key, Dakota Tice, Eric Garcia, Garrett, and Willie in Band Practice.

Freaky Freshmen
In Chapter 1: Freshmen Day, she is mentioned by the teachers going into Group 2.

In Chapter 3: Activities, Period 3, and Fun. Oh my!, she is first seen arriving in the random classroom of Jack and Olivia's group asking if they can help her find her group since she lost them. Jack tells her that it's too late and her group has already started their activity by now. Olivia suggests she join their group which she agrees to. In the first activity, she mentions she likes humming-birds. In the second/final activity, she tries to get across the tile squares, but doesn't make it. She is given a prize by Jeffrey which is what he won it from. He told her she deserves it and he introduces her to his friend Daniel.

In Chapter 5: The Lunch Bunch, she is seen talking with Jeffrey and Hunter and asking them about what happened to them in 3rd Period. After that, Daniel walks up to the three along with Cody, Eric, and Douglas. She asks them why she never met them and they tell her they went to different Elementary and Middle Schools than her and that Daniel moved away before the start of 5th grade. She then listens to Jeffrey and Hunter talk about the time they met after Garrett, Alex, and Willie show up. She and the rest of the group are then seen talking to Olivia and Jack afterwards.

In Chapter 8: Band Practice, she is seen walking into the Band Room when Mick was looking for a new singer for his band, Strawberry Lumps. She proved to him that she is a good singer and guitar player and they played their instruments together with Garrett, Willie, Daniel, and Dakota near the end of the chapter.

In Chapter 9: Cougar Clubs, she is seen in at the Jesus Club along with Blake, Lindsay, Daniel, Hunter, Makenzie, and Zach. Blake asks her if she has any prayer concerns, and she prays that she'll have a good-successful Freshman Year.

In Chapter 10: Trouble Makers, she is seen doing homework in Mrs. Sesser's class when Willie causes trouble by harassing her. He also tries to harass Daniel, but she defends Daniel in this situation. Willie "burned his hand" on the projector's light after Mrs. Sesser tried stopping him from messing with it. Jeffrey said Willie was faking it and she and Daniel both agreed. She is later seen in the Principal's Office during 6th Period telling Principal Johnson that Willie was lying about burning his hand and that Mrs. Sesser is completely innocent and in no way should she be fired.

In Chapter 12: My First Song, she is seen in the band room with the rest of the Strawberry Lumps band. Mick makes a comment that it's time that they write their first song. Heather is then asked to write their song and Mick requests her to have it written, but let's her know he's there if she needs any help writing in the process. Willie tells her she can't do it, but she doesn't listen. After school, she has a few pages written, yet she calls Mick over to her place due to the struggles. Mick arrives and the two come up with a songwriting routine and the ultimate rhythm for their first song. After that, they go to the cafeteria to share the song with Dakota, Garrett, and Willie joining in the song with their instruments while Daniel records the moment. By the end of the chapter, Willie admits he's been proven wrong and congratulates Heather in her accomplishment.

In Chapter 20: Sing It!, she is seen in the band room with Mick and Garrett as they try to come up with some ideas for the next step for their band. Mick comes up with the idea of either doing more songs for the band or even a performance. Heather then suggests that they try to do that at a Halloween Party coming up. She then invites them to go over to her place later to discuss the details. While at her place, Mick asks her if she came up with any ideas and she tells him that she wants to do a few more songs by the artists, Olivia Holt and Taylor Swift as well as the song that she herself wrote. She then tells him that people are invited to come over to her place for the Halloween Party that's coming up. While they were still discussing ideas, Heather answers the door to find out she's being given a cat since Omar is allergic. After he goes home, the chapter ends with Mick and Heather still discussing their ideas.

In Chapter 21: Something's Gotta Give (Part 1), she is seen walking with Andrea, Dawn, and Willie on the way to meet up with Mick at Dairy Queen. After Andrea and Dawn reveal that they both like Mick and they're going to try and compete against each other to see who he likes, Willie tells them they're being stupid and she unbelievably agrees with him. Once at Dairy Queen, Andrea and Dawn continually ask Mick a bunch of random questions in attempts to get to know him and they don't listen when she tells them this competition isn't a good idea. At the end of the chapter, she buries her face in her hands and after Mick asks her what's wrong, all three of the girls tell him nothing's wrong and tried to hide their feelings.

In Chapter 22: Something's Gotta Give (Part 2), she is seen talking in the hallway with Dawn. After some previous plans fell through, Heather asks Dawn what her plan is and Dawn tells her she's just going to ask Mick out when she meets him in a grassy area off campus. Still thinking it's a bad idea, she gives Dawn some ideas about how to ask him out. A little while later, she ends up running after Dawn whom was crying because she was humiliated after a misap takes place with Andrea and Willie while Dawn was getting ready to ask Mick out. Once she catches up to Dawn, she comforts her while she's crying and then confronts Andrea and Willie. Andrea ends up apologizing to Dawn, but Willie, still being stubborn as ever, walks away without a care. Mick then asks Dawn out for coffee and Dawn accepts. Her and Dawn are seeing hugging each other at the end of the chapter after Dawn thanks her for helping her through this.

In Chapter 23: I'm Not Alone, she is seen with the Jesus Club in another meeting held by Blake and Lindsay, in attempts to get more outreaches started. Upon discussing these ideas, she mentions the idea about having a Multicultural Thanksgiving Feast in the Cafeteria or the Commons, which would include serving all kinds of different international foods during Thanksgiving. However, when Zach brings up the issue about the food not being authentic because there aren't any international students currently attending the High School, Blake tells him that the food will only be as authentic as they can make it for the time-being. In the end of the chapter, the team agrees to do an entire Thanksgiving Outreach that will take over the entire month of November.