Mia Powell

Mia Powell is a human rights activist and aspiring journalist in the series. She is the member of the North Valley Squad.

Profile
Although Mia Powell is "Girl-Next-Door" present in the first case of the series, she doesn't join Taylor's team until the second case, "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?" Despite not being involved with the team on their first case, she investigates it herself for her school and is intrigued by R.J. and Taylor's investigation methods after she meets them. She eventually joins the team after joining the group. Tina is the first person in her family to be born in the United States. Her parents own a tailor shop which she helps run. Her best friend is Mel Kayden, and she has a romantic relationship with Mel's brother R.J.


 * Major cases for Mia include:
 * "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?": Mia is accused of tampering the school's grades.
 * "Who's Who": Mia becomes a "girl Friday" for classic movie actress, Lana Barnes, and begins a romance with R.J.
 * "Over a Barrel": Mia and R.J. have their first kiss.
 * "Am I Blue": R.J. kisses Mia for not accusing Mel as a suspect.
 * "She didn't Do It": Mia is accused of blowing up her Chemistry class and is expelled from NVH. And worse, everyone has turned on her, except Silo. And worse, she develops binge eating.
 * "Lost in North Valley": Mia begins her junior year, and becomes friends with Safira, a new student from Africa.
 * Walk Away: Mia cuts ties from her estranged father after he frames R.J.
 * Not-so Newsworthy: Mia

Appearance
Mia is mentioned in the book series as a beautiful brunette (chestnut-brown) with large brown eyes.

In a TV series version, Mia is a blue-eyed blonde with the same personality as the book version.