Hanna Marin (Book Character)

Hanna Marin acted as the lackey of Alison DiLaurentis. Her father had left her and her mother for another woman, Isabel, and the woman's daughter, Kate. Once during a visit with Alison to visit Hanna's dad, Hanna binged while feeling abandoned by Alison, who had created an "instant pretty-girl bond" with Kate after a comment from her father about her weight, Hanna retreats to the bathroom, purging herself with Kate's toothbrush. Alison walked in on Hanna purging. After Alison's disappearance, Hanna separated herself from the other girls. In the ninth grade, Hanna tried out for cheerleading, but didn't make it since the cheerleaders considered her too fat and not pretty enough. Hanna bonded with Mona Vanderwaal, a fellow cheerleading-refusée. They decided to become skinny and pretty before the next year cheerleading tryouts. They become pretty and popular, and Hanna takes over Alison's spot as Queen B. Within that time, Hanna and Mona became shoplifters. When Hanna is caught by the police after a spree at Tiffany's she begins to spiral downwards as "A" taunts Hanna about food and prison and her dad. She starts to binge on food again and steals her boyfriend's car and crashes it. The car incident causes her father to visit. Hanna and her dad begin to bond again, but Hanna is devastated when a weekend she thought was going to be just her and her dad is ruined by Kate and her dads girlfriend. Kate lies to Hanna and destroys her new relationship with her dad. Hanna isn't happy about that and starts binging and purging more often. She doesn't eat anything and starts hallucinating. After being humiliated by her best friend Mona, Hanna receives another text from "A" and figures out who "A" is. She calls the other PLL's and arranges to meet them at their special spot (the swings at Rosewood Playground). Only before Hanna could reveal "A's" identity, she is run down my a car and is rushed to intensive care. When Hanna wake's up she cant remember anything about the previous night at all. Mona becomes best friends with Hanna again and Hanna starts dating Lucas. Lucas warns Hanna that Mona is not to be trusted after Mona humiliated her, but Hanna can't remember and thinks Lucas is lying. Eventually they break up. Mona and Spencer Hastings plan a massive party to celebrate Hanna's recovery, where Spencer becomes suspicious that her sister is Ali's killer. Spencer and Mona drive to the Police Station. Hanna then remember who A is - Mona. She rushes to the police station and tells Darren Wilden who rushes to to Floating Mans Quarry with Hanna. Hanna sees Spencer who reveals that Mona tried to kill her, in the struggle fell off the cliff and died.