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=Clara Radley=

Biography
Clara Radley is a fictional character in the book the Radleys Matt Haig where a family of vampires live in a small town of Bishopthorpe, England. She is a teenage vampire  and the daughter of Peter Radley and Helen Radley and the sister to Rowan Radley her brother. Her exact age is unknown as it does not appear in Matt Haig's The Radleys. In this tale, Peter and Helen Radley do not tell Clara or her brother Rowen that they are vampires, as they want to blend into human. Clara gets into trouble due to trying to be vegan and ends up attacking someone, because of this and the fact of her nearly getting raped.

Early Life
It is unclear about Clara's early life, as the plot of the story starts when she is already a teenage vampire in the story so it is unclear when she became a vampire.

Clara's beginnings
Clara is an unsuspecting teenager, who tries to protect her brother Rowen Radley from being bullied, as at school they are noticed as different, Clara and Rowan are labelled as 'freaks' by the school bullies. Clara loves animals and tries to befriend them, she doesn't understand why they want to run away from her.

Clara's progression
Clara's inner vampire comes to the surface when she gets attacked by a stranger who tries to rape her, Clara attacks him back and Helen and Peter Radley have no choice but to reveal all of their true identities.

=The Radley Family overview=

Helen Radley
Helen Radley is Clara's mother and she is married to Peter Radley. Helen has marital troubles with Peter and she keeps reminiscing about the affair she had years back with Peter's brother Will Radley. Helen is wrapped up in her own marital woes too much that she doesn't see the impact her decisions have on both Clara and Rowan.

Peter Radley
is Clara's father and is quite oblivious to his wife's affair with his brother Will Radley. He has issues of his own suppressing his vampire tendencies.

Rowan Radley
is Clara's younger brother who suffers with hypersensitivity to the sunlight and really suffers because of this.

Will Radley
is Clara's uncle, who is Peter Radley's brother. Will Radley is an unashaming vampire who willingly embraces his vampire nature. His help is called upon in the attack against Clara.

=The Radley's Family rules=

Peter and Helen Radley refer to the Abstainers handbook, which they live by and Helen Radley likes to remind Peter Radley of this 'We are civilized, and civilization only works if instincts are suppressed.

=Main Plot Overview= Helen and Peter Radley live in a small town of Bishopthorpe, England. They have two children Clara and Rowan Radley. They are all vampires unbeknownst to the children. Helen and Peter Radley hide that they are vampires  from the children and from the local community where they live, they do not want anyone to know and they act like they are ashamed of this. This impacts and the children and it isn't until Clara nearly gets raped that they realise they have to come clean. To do this they bring in Uncle Will, Peter Radley's brother, who is not afraid of being a vampire.

=Author=https: Matt Haig you can find an interview with him here

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