Jennifer Barrett

Jennifer Barrett (often called Jen) is a member of the family -- the Barretts -- with whom Ted and Laura are staying at the beginning of The Secret Country.

Ted and Laura are her cousins. Her elder siblings are David and Katie, and she has a younger brother, Tommy; their parents are Kathy and Jim.

She has short, straight light brown hair and blue eyes that are "almost as piercing as Patrick's," and she is almost Laura's age (so probably 10 years old in The Secret Country). She is described as someone who "delight[s] in letting guests have their way."

Jen and her brother David apparently share a game they role-play much like the one the five Carroll children play; theirs is science fiction.