Other Bells For Us To Ring - Characters

Characters

  • Darcy Webster - A shy eleven-year-old girl struggling to grow up and find her beliefs about life and religion in the midst of a war.
  • William Webster - Darcy's father, a recovering alcoholic, an engineer, and a U.S. soldier that built bridges and went missing in action after he and his fellow soldiers were bombed.
  • Abby Webster - Darcy's mother, who has migraines.
  • Kathleen Mary O'Hara - An eleven-year-old Irish girl and Darcy's best friend who takes her on adventures and shows her the world of Catholicism.
  • John Francis O'Hara - Kathleen Mary's fifteen-year-old brother and her "protector."
  • Mr. O'Hara - Kathleen Mary's father, a raging alcoholic who can't join the army due to a leg injury.
  • Sister Angela - The high Catholic nun Kathleen Mary watches pray for people on weekends. Darcy visited Sister Angela when she, Darcy, became desperate about her father when he'd gone missing.
  • The LeBlancs - The Webster's French neighbours. Mrs. LeBlanc doesn't speak English, but Mr. LeBlanc translates for her. They comfort Darcy and her mother while Mr. Webster is at war and missing in action.
Published novels by Robert Cormier
  • Now and At the Hour (1960)
  • A Little Raw on Monday Mornings (1963)
  • Take Me Where the Good Times Are (1965)
  • The Chocolate War (1974)
  • I Am the Cheese (1977)
  • After the First Death (1979)
  • The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1983)
  • Beyond the Chocolate War (1985)
  • Fade (1988)
  • Other Bells for Us to Ring (1990)
  • We All Fall Down (1991)
  • Tunes for Bears to Dance To (1992)
  • In the Middle of the Night (1995)
  • Tenderness (1998)
  • Heroes (1998)
  • The Rag and Bone Shop (2001)

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