Cameron "Cammie" Morgan is the main protagonist of the series and the daughter of Matthew and Rachel Morgan. She attends the Gallagher Academy and her mother, Rachel Morgan is the headmistress there.
She had originally started with just two roommates, known as Rebecca Baxter and Elizabeth Sutton but soon welcomes a third roommate near the start of I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You known as Macey McHenry.
Physical description[]
Cammie's description is as follows: "Cammie is average. In every way average. She's the chameleon, remember? She's not too tall, too short, too chubby, too thin, too anything." Although others have likened her to her mother in appearance (who is, according to Cammie, breathtakingly beautiful), Cammie sees herself as plain and ordinary-looking.
Cammie's school uniform consists of a blouse, a knit vest, a blue plaid skirt, and knee socks. Cammie was part of the school's uniform selection committee, and took offense at Macey's initially snide remarks about their uniform.
Cammie usually doesn't "dress to impress" (unless Macey had something to do with it).
Food[]
Cammie Morgan loves the Gallagher Academy chef (who used to work at the White House). She is always talking about his killer crème brûlée. She also loves the Gallagher Academy's Belgian waffles. Every Sunday night, Cammie eats with her mother, Rachel Morgan, who tries (and fails) to cook good meals.
Personality[]
As a student at Gallagher Academy, Cammie is a genius. She does not enjoy having the spotlight on her, but she is a very good leader. She tends to second guess herself early on in the series, but as the series develops, she grows more confident in her leadership abilities.
She is very compassionate and devoted to being a good spy. Even though she sometimes misses school because of her other life problems and relationships, she always does her work so she doesn't fall behind. She looks up to her mother and, later on, her aunt Abigail Cameron, and Cammie hopes to someday be as great of a spy as they are. However, in the sixth book's epilogue, Cammie notices that she starts to lose her trust as she was betrayed many times. Overall, Cammie is a brave, compassionate, dedicated, loyal, smart, and strong person.
She would also do a lot for her friends, whatever in the world it takes. Multiple times in the series, Cammie thinks she should do some things alone, because she doesn't want her friends to get hurt. But no matter what she thinks, Bex, Liz, and Macey don't want to let her go alone, and are always by her side.
Spy Status[]
Cammie studies at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women and is a CIA legacy. She speaks 14 different languages.
At the age of four, Cammie cracked an NSA Sapphire Series her father brought home. At the age of nine, she successfully tailed her father through a shopping mall to find out what he was getting her for Christmas. Cammie is known as a pavement artist (someone who can blend in easily in crowds and public spaces), just like her father. Because of this, her code name is "The Chameleon". She is so accustomed to blending in, that she was extremely surprised when, in the first book, Josh noticed her.
In United We Spy, Cammie Morgan is a college student at Georgetown University. She also goes on missions for the CIA during this time.
Family[]
Rachel Morgan[]
Cammie's mother, Rachel Morgan, is the headmistress of Gallagher Academy and a former CIA agent. She's beautiful, and people tend to "drool" over her. Cammie once wondered if her mother has two sets of hands: one for being a spy and headmistress, and another for mother-daughter moments. During her near-suicide, (Dr. Steve hypnotized her) her mother with the help of Bex got her back into the safety of the Gallagher Academy.
Matthew Morgan[]
Cammie's father, Matthew Morgan, was also a CIA agent. He died on a secret mission during her sixth-grade year. In Out of Sight, Out of Time Cammie found out that he died while trying to complete this mission. She also finds out his mission was to bring down the Circle of Cavan. In Only the Good Spy Young, in his journal, Cammie read that he went toward leads of the Circle of Cavan for Mr. Solomon, which is why Mr. Solomon feels responsible for Matthew's disappearance. Matthew, like Cammie, was a pavement artist. In Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover, Aunt Abby mentions her father was so good, he pulled off eating chocolate (only evidence was a smudge of chocolate on his face) without her noticing.
Cammie's grandparents on her father's side live on a ranch in Nebraska where she spends her summers and Christmas vacations.
Abigail Cameron[]
Abigail Cameron, or "Aunt Abby", is Rachel's younger sister. Abby is somewhat of a stereotypical spy: beautiful, witty and mysterious. Until the beginning of Cammie's junior year, Cammie had not seen or heard from her aunt since the death of her father. This really hurt Cammie, implying that the two had been close previously. She is a blunt, charismatic, and a very funny character, which makes her a well-liked person at the Gallagher Academy. She tends to get quite serious when dealing with Cammie's safety and the Circle, though, showing that she knows where to draw the line between fun and work.
Joseph Solomon[]
In the beginning of the series, Mr. Solomon enters Cammie's life when he becomes her Covert Operations teacher. In the first book, Ally Carter subtly foreshadowed Mr. Solomon's marriage to Rachel Morgan by Josh asking Cammie what her last name is and her replying with Solomon. Through the series, Cammie really looks up to Mr. Solomon and even believed him when he said he wasn't a traitor in Only the Good Spy Young. She believes that Joe Solomon is a traitor when she is told by Agent Townsend and her mother that Solomon killed Cammie's father. But after she discovers her father's journal and speaks to Zach, she helps Joe Solomon escape from the circle. It is made obvious that she wishes to one day become as good a spy as he is. When she spots the diamond ring on her mom's finger in United We Spy, she is very happy that Mr. Solomon is going to become part of her family and gives her blessing to the marriage immediately. She says that she knew Joe Solomon loved her, but he was in love with her mom and that part of her knew that he always has been. Her obvious excitement for the marriage is shown when she says:
"What do I call him? I mean, I can't exactly call him Mr. Solomon. Or do I? Do I call him Mr. Solomon? Or Joe? I mean, he's still my teacher. But he's also going to be my stepfather. Do stepfathers get called 'stepfather?'"
Overall, she is very happy that Joe Solomon becomes her family.
Friends[]
Cammie's best friends are her three roommates at the Gallagher Academy. They are, Rebecca (Bex) Baxter, Elizabeth (Liz) Sutton and Macey McHenry. She is also friends with the rest of her class as well. Their names are Eva Alvarez, Tina Walters, Courtney Bauer, Anna Fetterman, and Mick Morrison.
Rebecca Baxter[]
Rebecca "Bex" Baxter is one of Cammie's best friends. She is introduced to the reader in the first book (I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You). Bex is referred to as "rules optional" in the first book by Liz, and has a very tough personality. Her parents both work at MI6, and she was the first non-US citizen to attend the Gallagher Academy. In OGSY Cammie and Liz go on a holiday together so Bex's parents can take care of Cammie. In OSOT Cammie suspects a relationship between Bex and Zach. It isn't true. Bex and Zach only formed a stronger friendship while looking for Cammie.
Elizabeth Sutton[]
Elizabeth "Liz" Sutton is another one of Cammie's best friends. She is introduced to the reader in I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You. Liz is the smartest girl in school and is very talented in the research field. Her code name is "Bookworm" because of this. Although she is smart, she is quite clumsy.
Macey McHenry[]
When Macey McHenry first arrived at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, she makes it clear that she doesn't want to be friends with anyone. She acts like a rich spoiled brat and is quite the snob. She also swears at Rebecca Baxter while Bex and Cammie are giving her a tour of the Gallagher academy. Later in the first book, Cammie asks for help with a boy problem from Macey. Macey helps her in return for getting tutored. Later, Macey becomes closer with her roommates, and the four of them become best friends.
Relationships[]
Joshua Abrams[]
In I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You, Cammie meets Josh on her first CoveOps mission. She later "accidentally" (after extensive background research) bumps into him in Roseville and they secretly start dating by her sneaking out in secret passageways. Cammie makes up a cover story and he believes her without question because unfortunately, he is not a spy and does not know what really goes on behind her school's walls. They kiss, but after a few dates, everything goes wrong because Josh is just a normal boy and Cammie's destined for the life of a spy. Josh then tries to rescue her during her CoveOps final because he believed she had been kidnapped. Then they tried to talk everything out but Josh would never understand why she had lied to him and Cammie couldn't tell him why due to the covert operations of her school. Her mother then takes him back to the Gallagher Academy and tells him everything. She then proceeds to give him a special memory erasing tea which he believes is regular tea. In Cross My Heart, Josh's only interaction with Cammie is awkward, due to the presence of Zach and DeeDee.
Zachary Goode[]
SPOILERS
In Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, Cammie first meets Zach while he's tailing her on a CoveOps mission. He embarrassingly beats her at her own game. The next day, he and 14 other students from Blackthorne arrive at the Gallagher Academy to spend the semester there. He chooses Cammie as his guide. To Cammie, Zach is a handsome boy who seems to know things about her that should be secrets. In United We Spy, Cammie and Zach's relationship is more serious, considering they have a terrorist organization to take down. Their humor is a bit softer, but they still have a strong relationship. In the end of United We Spy, it's shown that they are still together and completing missions together.
Trivia[]
- According to UWS, her birthday is somewhere between January 7 and January 28.
- Once used the Wendelsky Maneuver on a classmate, sometime between kindergarten and sixth grade, because they pulled her hair.
- Cammie describes her dress in CMH as having an "empire waist and long gauzy skirts that flow when you twirl".
- Ally Carter has stated that the uniforms on the original book covers do not necessarily match the in-universe school uniform; they are just a thumbnail so people can tell each book from each other.