Character Descriptions

Kayla Reed

As the story opens, this sixteen year-old character has just learned that a scholarship to an art school has been denied.

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Mfumbe Taylor

This character has been offered a scholarship to Yale. However, admission to the college and a scholarship are dependent upon getting a tattoo.

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Zekeal

This character pretends to be a member of the resistance in order to gain the trust of students including Kayla.

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August

This character believes the time in the mountains has been spent well because they have grown stronger.

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Nedra Harris

This character goes on television advocating tattoos and telling lies about Kayla.

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Eutonah

Kayla sees this character in several visions.

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Ashley Reed

This character is a nurse who has been bar coded before the book opens.

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Amber Thorn

This character is forced to move to Nevada to live with a relative.

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Tova Alan

This character is an old man whom Kayla meets when she stows away in his car at a diner.

 

Mava Alan

This character is the eighty-one-year-old spouse of Tova.