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Marlee Nisbett

This character, the narrator of the novel, finds a voice and adopts a brave attitude during the racial turmoil surrounding the earliest days of public school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Judy Nisbett

This character is the closest sibling of the narrator.

David Nisbett

This character is an older sibling of the narrator's, with whom the narrator finds political common ground during the tumult of the late 1950s in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Elizabeth Fullerton

This character is a young light-skinned black character who attempted to "pass" as white in order to attend a better school.

James-Thomas Dalton

This character is a classmate of the narrator's that forces the narrator to do math homework to pass off as this character's own. This character also has conflicted attitudes toward race and integration.

Red Dalton

This character is virulently racist and commits a violent act by throwing a brick and...

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