car. She appears to her best friend Jade as a ghost (see Vicky's ghost below) and tells her what to do. She is very confident and flamboyant, while Jade tends to follow. Jade Marshall: Vicky's best friend who finds it hard to cope over Vicky's death. She is more timid than Vicky, tending to follow her lead rather than doing things for herself, such as wanting to join a drama club but not doing it if Vicky won't. Sam: Often known as Fatboy Sam, he is the class clown of Vicky and Jade's class and as his nickname suggests, is very fat. He understands how Jade felt after Vicky died and has a crush on Jade, which Jade thinks was a crush on Vicky which Sam transferred over to her. However, he explains to Jade that she was the girl he had a crush on, as Vicky was mean when she was alive. Madeleine: A chubby but sweet girl who likes pink and white colours, Vicky calls her Marshmallow Madeleine due to this. She becomes good friends with Jade. Jenny: One of Madeleine's best friends, she has been known to have a lot of boyfriends, including Ryan Harper, who was Vicky's boyfriend until she died. Vicky-Two: Another of Madeleine's best friends, she is a very different girl to the late Vicky, a cheeky, bouncy tomboy who Madeleine and Jenny call Vicky after the late Vicky dies, which Jade gets angry at. Anne Cambridge: The French teacher at Jade's school. She is strict when teaching but is a nice person and suggests that Jade speaks to Stevie Wainwright, a grief counselor. Stevie Wainwright: Anne Cambridge's vicar friend who wears flowery trousers and visits the local shopping center. She lost her only child, Jessica when she died from leukaemia, aged 5. Stevie comes to Jade's school after Vicky dies because she has done a grief counselling course. She helps Jade forget about Vicky. Vicky's ghost Before the start of the novel, Wilson states that many people have asked her if Vicky is really there, or if it is just Jade's imagination. She says that "You will have to make up your own mind!" Jade could be imagining Vicky, as she encourages Jade to commit suicide by jumping off a moving train. Since Jade is devastated over Vicky's death and blames herself for it, this could be her imagination. Vicky could really be