Lola Rose - Characters

Characters

• Jayni Fenton/Lola Rose Luck:

The main character of the story. She is a little overweight and does not like her appearance. After they leave her Dad, she changes her name and becomes more relaxed and confident. She loves her Auntie Barbara, her Asian best friend,Harpreet, her brother Kenny/Kendall and her mum/Nikki. Jayni loves sticking in her scrap book and insists on bringing it in a carrier bag when she moves to london with her mum and brother. Jayni was named after both her parents.

• Nikki Fenton/Victoria Luck/Lady Luck:

The mother of Jayni/Lola Rose and Kenny/Kendall. She tends to daydream and loves men. She was the pretty and skinny daughter but she had an affair with her sister's fiancé and later contracts cancer. She usually has flawed relationships with men. She used to be a glamour model before she met Jay but Jay made her give it up when she married him.

• Kenny Fenton/Kendall Luck:

Jayni/Lola Rose's younger brother who tends to act in ways similar to those of a baby because of impeded social development. He loves his dad and his mum's boyfriend, Jake and Lola Rose. He has few friends, mostly because he tends to play with things intended for girls. He loves aquatic animals, especially sharks.

• Jay Fenton:

Jay is the father to Kenny and Jayni, and ex-husband to Nikki. He had always been abusive to Nikki, ever since Jayni was quite young. He forced Nikki to give up glamour modelling upon getting married.

• Auntie Barbara:

Jayni and Kenny's aunt, Nikki's sister. She and Nikki fell out many years before after Nikki ran away with Barbara's fiance. When the children's mother goes into hospital, Jayni is forced to call Auntie Barbara for help. At the end of the novel Barbara invites the family to come and live with her at her pub, The Trout. She keeps them safe no matter what.

• Harpreet Gabrie:

Harpreet is Jayni/Lola Rose's best friend. She has a large family who get on with her strict mum. Her little sister Amandeep is friends with Kenny/Kendall.

• Amandeep Gabrie:

Amandeep is the younger sister of Harpreet. She is friends with Kenny/Kendall.

• Jake:

Jake is the boyfriend to Victoria, whom he meets when Nikki/Victoria, Jayni/Lola Rose and Kenny/Kendall move to London. He is at university studying art.

• Andy and Steve:

Andy and Steve are the upstairs neighbours to Nikki/Victoria, Jayni/Lola Rose and Kenny/Kendall. They give Jayni/Lola Rose some food (milk, muesli, Coke and Kettle crisps) when Nikki/Victoria abandons her and Kenny/Kendall upon having to go to hospital for cancer treatment.