Characters in Binding 13

Shannon Lynch

A shy, relentlessly bullied fifteen-year-old who transfers to Tommen College hoping to be invisible, while hiding the violence she suffers at home.

Also in Keeping 13

Johnny Kavanagh

Tommen's rugby captain and a prodigy bound for the Irish national side, carrying an injury he hides and determined not to be distracted — until Shannon.

Also in Keeping 13

Teddy Lynch

Shannon and Joey's father, an alcoholic whose violence towards his wife and children drives the book's central trauma.

Bella Wilkinson

A former fling of Johnny's who turns on Shannon out of jealousy and manipulates others at Tommen to get at her.

Gerard Gibson

Johnny's best friend, known as Gibsie: the class clown of the group, whose humour and loyalty mask a tragic past of his own.

Joey Lynch

Shannon's fiercely protective older brother, a gifted hurler struggling with addiction. Later the protagonist of Saving 6.

Also in Saving 6, Redeeming 6

Claire Biggs

Shannon's optimistic, free-spirited childhood friend, who stood by her through years of bullying and is the first person she confides in about Johnny.

Also in Taming 7

Aoife Molloy

Confident and warm, Joey Lynch's girlfriend and part of the Tommen friend group. Later the protagonist of Saving 6.

Also in Saving 6, Redeeming 6

Marie Lynch

Shannon and Joey's mother, living in fear of her husband and unable to protect her children from him.

Lizzie Young

A prickly, guarded member of the friend group and one of Shannon's closest friends alongside Claire.

Also in Releasing 10

Hugh Biggs

Claire's grounded, protective older brother and a steady member of Johnny's friend group at Tommen.

Also in Releasing 10