Meet Ellie Slysh! Ellie goes to Kingdom Middle School. Her mother Shelly is a Nurse Practitioner and she has a younger brother named Mark. Her parents are divorced. Her father Mark Sr. is in the Navy and is often gone for three months at a time. But he is still active in his children’s lives. Ellie is eleven years old. She is in a different class than Patches and Rupert but they hang out at lunch, during recess, and after school! Ellie wants to be an actress.