Luke Eveshim

Luca "Luke" Eveshim is the main protagonist in the book and movie, The Witches. He is an ordinary child until he stumbles upon the plot of the Witches and must stop them.

Biography
Luke's parents had been killed in a car crash. He ended up at the house of his grandma, Helga Eveshim. Helga took him in. Helga told him stories of the Witches, demons who would kill children. She told him about how her five friends were taken by the witches, and that she lost a thumb to a witch. She told him how to see a witch. This came in handy when a witch arrived and tried to give him a snake. He hid up the tree until she stormed away, displeased at having failed to get him.

Later on, Helga got diabetes (pneumonia in the film), and they went to a hotel. There, a strange woman named Eva Ernst also stayed. Luke was training his two mice, William and Mary, when Eva and a large group of other woman arrived to have a meeting. He hid. Eva Ernst arrived on the stage and ordered the other women to remove their disguises. To Luke's horror, the women took off their wigs, shoes, and gloves, revealing themselves to be witches. Eva Ernst took off her mask, revealing a hideous face. He realized she was the Grand High Witch, the leader of the witches Helga had told him about.

The Grand High Witch revealed to the other witches her plan to use a potion to turn every child in England into a mouse so the adults will kill them. She demonstrated this by turning a boy named Bruno Jenkins into a mouse. One witch smelled Luke, alerting the other witches who chased Luke and caught him. They caught him and poured the potion into his mouth, turning him into a mouse as well. They tried to kill him, but he fled. He met up with Bruno and they made their way to Helga. Helga was horrified that her nephew had been turned into a mouse, but he calmed her down and told her their plan. He came up with a plan. He snuck into the Grand High Witch's room and was able to steal a vial of the potion, as well as meeting three children who had been turned into frogs. He got out and met with Helga.

He told her he planned on putting the vial in the witches soup, turning them into mice. As the witches went to the diner, he snuck into the kitchen and poured the potion into the soup. He got the tip of his tail chopped off by a chef, but he escaped. The witches ate the soup and turned into mice, and were then killed. He goes back home with Helga while Bruno reunites with his parents, despite being a mouse.

Fate
Luke has different fates in the book and movie. In the book, he and Bruno remain as a mouse, but he is happy as he is still loved by his grandma. In the film, however, the Grand High Witch's former assisstant, Ann Irvine arrives and, having a change of hewart, turns Luke back into a human boy and sets off to do the same to Bruno.