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The Walls Around Us Character Analysis

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The Walls Around Us is a supernatural tale told in alternating points of view. The two lead characters are Amber and Violet and are from different worlds and different times. The novel primarily takes place in upstate New York at the Aurora Hills Secure Juvenile Detention Center, a maximum security center for juvenile offenders. There are two events that unfold throughout the novel, the time the inmates were almost free and the time all 42 of the inmates meet death. In between the two events is Amber’s story; while Violet’s story picks up three years after the closure of Aurora Hills. One of the spirits does not deserve to be at Aurora Hills and the guilty spirits have the ability to make things right. Amber is an outsider in Aurora Hills.
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