Tyler Rednough

Tyler Rednough is a girl who lives in the neighborhood. She is revealed to be the antagonist among the book's younger characters. It is revealed in the novel that Tyler’s mother Cece had made Tyler believe that Leo was her biological father. Even though Cece neglected Tyler, Tyler had felt special because she believed she had a connection to Adele, Leo, and their children. After Cece tells Tyler that her father is actually a man who is in jail for beating his girlfriend, Tyler loses interest in her appearance, a change that both Adele and Pip notice.

Even more painful to Tyler is the fact that Grace, a girl who Grace sees as an outsider, begins dating Dylan, a boy with whom Tyler had been friends since she was born. Tyler believes that Grace has taken everything of importance away from her. She remembers that when...