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Patsy Loski
Trina Baker is Juli, Matt, and Mike’s mom and Robert’s wife. Hardworking and sensible, she functions as the backbone of the Baker family. She works part-time jobs, all the while ensuring her household runs smoothly. Even when faced with surprises—like her sons smuggling a boa constrictor into their room or Juli bringing home six hens—she adapts calmly and practically, helping her children manage their unusual hobbies and pets. Trina is also an empathetic listener, offering support to Juli when she vents about Bryce and to Patsy when she opens up about her faltering marriage with Rick. Though she and Robert often struggle financially, their partnership is loving and equal, serving as a foil to the Loskis’ strained marriage.
Trina Baker Quotes in Flipped
The Flipped quotes below are all either spoken by Trina Baker or refer to Trina Baker. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3: Buddy, Beware! Quotes
Mom and Juli’s mom do talk some. I think my mom feels sorry for Mrs. Baker—she says she married a dreamer, and because of that, one of the two of them will always be unhappy.
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Chapter 8: The Yard Quotes
I felt sorry for my father. I felt sorry for my mother. But most of all I felt lucky for me that they were mine.
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Trina Baker Character Timeline in Flipped
The timeline below shows where the character Trina Baker appears in Flipped. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2: Flipped
...ended, she’d been eagerly awaiting the arrival of her new neighbor, a boy her mom (Trina) told her was her age. She couldn’t wait to introduce herself the day his family...
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Chapter 6: The Eggs
...found injured on the side of the road. After nursing him back to health—and despite Trina’s protests—the family decided to keep him, naming him Champ. But once he started peeing in...
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After the fair, Mrs. Brubeck told Juli she could keep the chicks, which horrified Trina. But when Robert pointed out the birds would eat the snails and pests in their...
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Chapter 8: The Yard
...Loskis were afraid to eat her eggs because of the condition of their yard. Embarrassed, Trina begs Robert to do something about it. The conversation shifts to Uncle David, Juli’s intellectually...
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Chapter 10: The Visit
...the visit, on their way home, her dad explains that David lived with him and Trina before they had children, but it proved too difficult to sustain. He admits he sometimes...
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When they return home, Trina tells them that Mrs. Loski has invited them all over for dinner this Friday night....
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Chapter 13: Flipped
...he likes Juli. He goes to her house after school, obsessively ringing the doorbell, but Mrs. Baker tells him Juli doesn’t want to see him and advises him to give her a...
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Chapter 14: The Basket Boys
...rest of the day and races home on her bike, retreating straight to her room. Trina follows and asks what’s going on.
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Juli tells Trina everything—overhearing Bryce talking with Garrett in the library about Uncle David, the attempted kiss, and...
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