diff --git a/internal/brief/brief.go b/internal/brief/brief.go
index 4ea7cac..ad25bb1 100644
--- a/internal/brief/brief.go
+++ b/internal/brief/brief.go
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ func (s *Service) decoder(ctx context.Context) (func(string) string, error) {
 // CombinedText returns the single brief for Jo and Sam — both boys in one
 // message — and the children whose scan did not complete.
 func (s *Service) CombinedText(ctx context.Context, children []store.Child) (string, []string, error) {
+	// Finn's block first, then Harry's (FR-9). Enforce the order here, not only in
+	// the send plan, so every caller — the email, the CLI preview, the dashboard
+	// and the Hub — renders the combined brief in the same order as the email.
+	children = OrderChildren(children)
 	parts := make([]dashboard.CombinedBrief, 0, len(children))
 	var failed []string
 	var notices []string
diff --git a/internal/brief/brief_test.go b/internal/brief/brief_test.go
index 7548154..3519c0e 100644
--- a/internal/brief/brief_test.go
+++ b/internal/brief/brief_test.go
@@ -342,3 +342,34 @@ func TestUnconfiguredRecipientFails(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("want an error for no channels")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestCombinedTextKeepsBriefOrder proves FR-9 holds whatever order the caller
+// passes: the combined brief is always Finn's block then Harry's, so the CLI
+// preview, the dashboard and the Hub match the email that is sent.
+func TestCombinedTextKeepsBriefOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	fake := &fakeApprise{}
+	srv := fake.server(t)
+	svc, st := newService(t, srv.URL, seedItems)
+
+	children, err := st.ListChildren(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("children: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(children) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("children = %d, want Harry and Finn", len(children))
+	}
+	// Reverse the input on purpose: the email order must not depend on it.
+	children[0], children[1] = children[1], children[0]
+
+	text, failed, err := svc.CombinedText(context.Background(), children)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("combined text: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(failed) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("failed = %#v, want none", failed)
+	}
+	i, j := strings.Index(text, "=== FINN ==="), strings.Index(text, "=== HARRY ===")
+	if i < 0 || j < 0 || i > j {
+		t.Errorf("combined blocks are not Finn then Harry: %q", text)
+	}
+}