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Cussy Mary Carter/Bluet/Widow Frazier

This character is the narrator of most of the book. She is a 19-year-old girl who has blue skin because of genetics, and who works as a pack librarian.

Elijah Carter

This character is a Blue, a widower, a miner, and the father of a daughter.

Jackson Lovett

This character lived and worked in the West before returning to Kentucky to live. He becomes romantically interested in a pack librarian.

Junia

This character is a mule.

Doc

This character is a physician in Troublesome.

Harriett Hardin

This character manages the Library Center. She is mean-spirited and racist.

Queenie

This character is a Black pack librarian.

Angeline Moffit

This character is a 16-year-old library patron. She is married and expecting her first child.

Honey

This character’s father hangs himself, and her mother dies shortly after childbirth.

Eula Foster

This character is the head...

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