Don't Look Behind You Review

Mr. Corrigan

• April’s dad

• decides to work for the FBI in order to catch drug runners

• new last name given is Weber

Mrs. Corrigan

• April’s mom

• a writer

• wife to Mr. Corrigan

April Corrigan

• 11th grader

• excellent tennis player

• Steve Chandler’s girlfriend

• wants to attend Duke University

• new name is Valerie Weber

• killed Mike Vamp with her tennis racket

Bram Corrigan

• April’s younger brother

• has two different colored eyes (one brown, one blue)

• new name is Jason Weber

Max Barber

• Mr. Corrigan’s best friend

• used Mr. Corrigan for personal gain

Sherry Blaugrand

• April’s best friend

• ends up dating Steve after April moves away

Steve Chandler

• April’s boyfriend

• April had to miss his prom and graduation while her family was hiding at the Mayflower hotel

Richard Loftin

• drug runner

• Mr. Corrigan was going to testify against him

Jodi Simmons

• April’s tennis partner in Virginia

• runs into April at Disney World

Abby Keller

• meets April on the plane and learns her name as April Gross (the fake name April gives her before starting her new life in Florida as Valerie Weber)

Jim Peterson

• the first bodyguard assigned to protect the Corrigans

• stayed with them at the Mayflower Hotel

• was killed (shot in the head) by Mike Vamp at the hotel

Porky

• Bram’s dog

Lorelei

• April and Bram’s grandmother

• Mrs. Corrigan’s mother

What is the setting at the beginning of the story?

Norwood, Virginia

Where was the Corrigan/Weber family relocated to?

Florida

What floor did the Corrigan family stay on at the Mayflower Hotel?

14th

What was the deciding factor/event that happened that forced the Corrigan’s to go into the Witness Protection Program?

Someone tried to kill (shot at) Mr. Corrigan in the court house

Why could the Corrigans not be relocated to California?

Mrs. Corrigan was an author and her books were very well-known there

How did April lead Mike Vamp to their new house in Florida?

She went back to Virginia to see Steve. Mike Vamp followed her there, then stole her map while he was following her home

What did April do that led to Jim Peterson being killed by Mike Vamp?

She wrote a letter to Steve that included details about the family being located on the 14th floor. Mike Vamp was able to figure out the hotel that the letter came from based on that information, and then he went to the Mayflower Hotel to kill the family.

Why didn’t April like the name Valerie?

It was the name of Steve’s ex-girlfriend

Who did April run into at Disney World?

Jodi, her old tennis partner

Mike Vamp

• a contract killer hired by Richard Loftin to kill Mr. Corrigan and his family

• he kills Jim Peterson

• April kills him and his body is found in a ditch under a tire

How long did the whole story take place over?

6 months

Who is the author of Don’t Look Behind You?

Lois Duncan