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Red

This character is the first-person narrator of the novel Wishtree. This character is two centuries old and uses the pronoun 'they' to indicate the oak tree's classification as a living thing with both male and female characteristics. The main conflict of the novel centers around the possible destruction of this character and all who live within their branches.

Bongo

This character is a crow. This character is a good friend of the narrator's and she delights in collecting objects of all sorts. It is through this character's actions that the key to an important journal in the novel is located.

Samar

This character is a newcomer to the neighborhood when the novel first begins. She lives with her Muslim family in the blue house and feels incredibly lonely until the night she ventures outside to sit below the narrator's branches. This character is ten years old.

Stephen

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