a boy who moves to a village from the city and discovers some spooky stuff...
Max Carvers optimistic father, a watchmaker and an inventor; he moves his family to a seaside village to get away from the warmore...
Max Carvers older sister, who is 15 when the trilogy beginsmore...
Max Carvers younger sister, who is 8 when the trilogy beginsmore...
Max Carvers long-suffering mothermore...
Max Carvers new friend, who is 16 when the trilogy beginsmore...
a former engineer and current lighthouse keeper; hes also Rolands adoptive grandfathermore...
a noted surgeon who built the house in which the Carvers now live...
Dr. Richard Fleischmanns wifemore...
the Fleischmanns only son, born in 1925; he drowned at the beach in 1932; his father died of sorrow soon aftermore...