Credits

Sometimes with these stories, I find it helps to cast them, to choose my ideal team of actors and actresses as I'd this were a movie or TV show. They should all be aged over 18, but able to play school age and fit roughly the characters they're playing, within the range of make up and hair styling. With that in mind, and adding more to the list as characters are added to the story, here's the credits:

Naomi .......... Naomi Scott

Camilla .......... Jessica Amlee

Mina .......... Olivia Cooke

Kate .......... Shannon Tarbet

Miss Riley .......... Hayley Atwell

Miss McGowan .......... Karen Gillan

Mrs Young .......... Hannah John-Kamen

Megan ......... Amelia Crouch (she'll keep her clothes on)

Edward .......... The Reader. But if you want an actor, Tom Holland would work.