Sally Ride is a blue-tongued skink that is owned by Claire Dearing during her college years during the events of The Evolution of Claire and is named after the American astronaut of the same name.
Story[]
The Evolution of Claire[]
When Claire Dearing and her dorm roommate Regina are reminiscing about old times before they move out, Sally is brought up in the conversation. Regina walks up to her terrarium recalling the time she opened the mini-fridge to find a box of crickets, the purpose of which is to feed Claire's pet skink. It is adressed that Regina has an obsession on calling the lizard by her full name whenever she is mentioned. When Claire's sister, Karen Mitchell comes to the dorm room Claire and Regina are occupying to drive Claire to Scott (named Pete) and Karen's house. Sally is packed up in a travel terrarium and transported to the Mitchell household. Karen's dog, Earhart, is fond of Sally and follows Claire up the stairs to her old room, were Sally remains for the rest of the novel.
Trivia[]
- Claire is very knowledgeable about blue-tongued skinks, as demonstrated by her knowledge about their diets and often switches up Sally's food with snails and spinach.
- One of Claires ex-lovers showed disapproval of Sally when she was first mentioned in conversation. The man shortly left Claire, and is heard being talked about with Karen.