Her parents are very worried but soon find her. Andy insists that she must go and find Radish, and they meet the owners of the garden, Mr and Mrs Peters, who soon befriend Andy, acting as honorary grandparents, giving kind gifts to her and Radish. By the end of the book, Andy has befriended her step-siblings and has reluctantly accepted that her parents are not getting back together. Character list Andrea (Andy) - main character and protagonist Radish - Andy's beloved Sylvanian Families rabbit to whom she can talk to about her problems Mum (Carol) - Andy's mother Dad (Simon) - Andy's father Bill (The Baboon or Un-Uncle Bill) - Andy's mother's new partner, a painter and decorator Paula - Bill's outgoing teenage daughter from his previous marriage Graham - Bill's shy tween son from a previous marriage Katie - Bill's sly and spoiled youngest daughter from his previous marriage. Although she is the same age as Andy, she is treated as if she is much younger. Katie calls Andy "Andy Pandy", often instigating feuds between herself and Andy by winding her up and playing the victim when Andy stands up for herself, and she is also scared of going to sleep due to her mother dying in her sleep following an illness when she was younger Carrie - Andy's father's new partner, a dreamy, hippyish woman who is kind to Andy, yet Andy resists all attempts to bond with her in the hopes that her father will leave Carrie and reunite with her mother. She flat out refuses to have junk food of any kind in the flat Zen and Crystal - Carrie's two five-year-old twins from a previous marriage Aileen - An old friend of Andy, from whom she has drifted apart since the divorce of Andrea's parents Fiona - A girl whom Aileen befriends Miss Maynard - The headmistress of Andy's school Mr Roberts - The owner of a sweet shop that Andy, Graham and Katie visit at the weekends, who once referred to Andy within earshot as "The Jolly Green Giant" Mr and Mrs Peters - A kind elderly couple whom Andy befriends toward the end of the book Zoe (originally Ethel) - The newborn daughter of Andy's father and Carrie, born at the end of the book, whom Andy takes a shine to References in other Jacqueline Wilson books The Suitcase Kid is mentioned in