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Characters / Melanie Jacobs

Melanie Jacobs is a young girl in Odyssey, the little sister of Robyn Jacobs and a regular at Whit's End, where she and Robyn listen to Bernard Walton's stories and enjoy the Imagination Station. The daughter of a busy newspaper editor and a gentle, perceptive mother, Melanie is earnest and tender-hearted, with a sincere childlike faith - she once pitched a tent in the backyard to wait for Jesus, Bible in hand. She keeps a diary, much to her regret when Robyn gets hold of it, and though she can plot a clever revenge, her conscience always catches up with her. A loyal friend, she reaches out to hurting girls like Monica Winters and her blind pen pal Jenny Roberts.

Appearances

10 episodes Art Text No.

0500 500 Odyssey marks its five hundredth episode with a look behind the microphones at the people, voices, and happy accidents that built the town.

1 of 2 0435 A Look Back As the millennium draws to a close, a nostalgic tour of Whit's End revisits the beloved characters and moments that made Odyssey feel like home.

0206 Pen Pal A girl's excitement about finally meeting her beloved pen pal face-to-face turns to confusion when the visit reveals a secret the letters never mentioned.

0170 A Test for Robyn A shortcut-loving Robyn learns the hard way that "cramming Thursday night" is no match for a big history test - or for her own conscience.

0167 Dobson Comes to Town A bewildered stranger walks into Whit's End with no idea how he got there - and he turns out to be someone the whole town of Odyssey knows by name.

2 of 2 0166 Bernard and Esther At Whit's End, Bernard finishes his cliffhanger tale of Queen Esther, who must risk her life before the king to save her people from the scheming Haman.

1 of 2 0165 Bernard and Esther With the Imagination Station broken, Bernard proves a well-told story beats any machine by spinning the biblical tale of a brave young queen whose people's fate rests in her hands.

0163 A Model Child An eleven-year-old girl's envy of a glamorous young model fades as she discovers the painful cost of growing up too fast.

0145 The Second Coming A young girl becomes convinced a TV preacher's formula has revealed the exact day of Jesus' return - and she intends to be ready.

0139 Melanie's Diary When Robyn laughs off her little sister's diary as harmless fun, she learns the hard way that private things have a way of becoming very public.