Characters
Eveline
She is the main character in the story as the story is written in her point of view. We see her as a fourteen year old teenager who during the summer holidays spends her time with her younger siblings in the garden. She is the motherly figure in the story as their mother is always out at work (from what I have read). As we believe the story is set over the summer holidays, Eveline grows physically and mentally in order to be the adult and deal with what she has seen. We also discover that Eveline is quite a creative character who made her own bikini in order to cool down in the immense heat.
Therese
She is the younger sister of Eveline. She likes to explore and digs up the hole in her garden which then extends into Mr Mordecai's garden. When she retrieves the ring off the dead body Eveline asks where did she get it from and that's when she has to grow up mentally - although as we discover she wakes during the night screaming because of the nightmares she gets of the garden. She is a weak character and is however mentioned in the story more than Eveline.
Tyler
We don't know much about him - he has curly hair and is the youngest of the three siblings.