Characters
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Angie Peterson
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 17
- Orientation:
- Straight
The Preacher's eldest daughter and the stem of all the problems that start to occur in Elwood. She is in love with Tony Schmidt and is pregnant with his child.
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Scotty
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 19
Described as "red hair, buddy holly glasses, shirtless". Scotty is part of the gang in the woods that holds Angie hostage. Helps Starr do a lot of the terrible things she tries on Angie.
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Starr
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 17
Part of the gang in the woods that holds Angie hostage. A mentally insane girl who is constantly high on drugs, practices witchcraft, obsessed with the planets and the stars and tries to do horrible things to Angie while she is with them.
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Sky
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 17
Part of the gang in the woods that holds Angie hostage. She tries to save Angie and is the only one that becomes friends with her.
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Nancy Keller
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 17
- Orientation:
- Straight
Nancy is madly in love with Tony. She only involves herself with the Klan to torment Angie after she finds out about the pregnancy.
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Mell
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 57
Owns Meaty Mell's Diner, also known as "Tony and Angie's Spot". Her diner gets burnt down by the Klan after Tony leaves, which symbolizes the way Angie feels about their relationship now. Mell is described as a plump dark woman who cooks.
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Norman Schmidt
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 45
The Grand Dragon of Elwood. He is living at peace with the African Americans of the town until his son Tony impregnates an African American girl (Angie) and brings him shame. Because of this, he refuses to believe it and thinks Tony is not the father. He becomes mad at the Peterson's and takes it out on the whole race by starting up the KKK.
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Clarence Peterson
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 50
The Preacher of the Town and Angie's father. He is friendly towards everyone and happy about living in a prejudice free town until the KKK is started up again and his town is in an uproar. He is upset that his daughter is pregnant but proud that she and Tony are taking responsibility for their actions.
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Tony Schmidt
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 19
- Orientation:
- Straight
The only son of the Grand Dragon of Elwood. A druggie who loves Angie Peterson and gets her pregnant.
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Frankie
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 19
Leader of the gang in the woods that holds Angie hostage. Mentally unstable and high on drugs but has an undying love and connection for Angie from the beginning and wants her to be with him dead or alive.