Sal Pickford Hiddle And Phoebe Winterbottom Character Analysis

There are two girls, Sal Pickford Hiddle and Phoebe Winterbottom, both of whom are thirteen years old. Both of these friends have situations with their families, feel surprise because of the fact of their mothers’ unexplained disappearances, and both have suspicions about a man who seeks Phoebe’s mother and delivers strange messages on Phoebe’s doorstep. Sal and Phoebe are both in predicaments with their families. Sal and her grandparents are visiting the the zone in which her mother dies in a trolley crash. Phoebe does not appreciate her mother and soon enough, her mother mysteriously decides to leave the house for an unexpected reason. Sadly, Sal’s mother dies in a trolley crash on her way to Idaho. After several arrivals from a strange,
homeless appearing man who is searching for Mrs. Winterbottom, Phoebe’s mother departs from her home in order to reconnect with her son, who is the strange man leaving messages.