Ellen Wright is in the 10th grade and is Nate's teenage sister. Nate and Ellen are near opposites and they hate each other. Nate made up a list of the top five most annoying things about Ellen. Ellen likes to watch figure skating, one of Nate's most hated things on his list. Nate's teachers compare him to Ellen, much to his annoyance. Ellen has a part-time job at Dilly Burger, and she has to wear a uniform that looks like "a ventriloquist's dummy" as described by Nate. In the said book, she does help him out, though unintentionally.