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Stokes

A school employee or local tradesman.

minor

Also known as Mr. Stokes

First appearance: the pothunters

Stokes shows up with force in Mr. Roberts Explains. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Identified as the actual thief; a farmhand who stole the cups and hid them in a hollow tree.
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Character Web

8 connections

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THThe HeadSASir Alfred Ven…JTJim ThomsonIRInspector Robe…PLPlunkettSTStokes

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Background characters and officials
  • Main characters and suspects
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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