Meet the Cast
Wisteria "Wisty" Allgood
A fifteen-year-old with a smart mouth and some seriously impressive magic tricks, Wisty is a dedicated daughter and sister. When we first meet her, she has no idea that she's a witch (though, when...
Whitford "Whit" Allgood
Seventeen years old and the star of his high school football team, Whit seems like an all-American kind of guy. Even The One Who Is The One makes him sound like something out of an Abercrombie and...
The One Who Is The One
Though he has what is surely the most ridiculous name in all of young adult literature, The One Who Is The One is a pretty scary dude. "Tall, bald, extremely imposing" (8.13), he's the wicked dict...
Celia
Celia is Whit's girlfriend. Or at least she was… See, three months prior to Whit and Wisty getting arrested, Celia disappeared without a trace. It turns out she was murdered by the New Order. Yi...
Byron Swain
When the story opens, Byron is a soldier for the New Order. In fact, he leads the team that comes to arrest Whit and Wisty. A former classmate of the Allgood siblings, he's a year older than Wisty...
The Matron
The Matron is a N.O. administrator who runs the second prison where Whit and Wisty are held. She's super strict and always ready with the stun gun if you don't live up to her expectations. Her inn...
Ezekiel Unger (a.k.a. The One Who Judges)
The dedicated brother of the Matron, Ezekiel Unger is the judge who presides over not one, but two totally unfair trials. Between screaming at Whit and Wisty to shut up and sentencing them to deat...
The Visitor
The Visitor is an official of the New Order government whose job seems to consist of visiting Whit and Wisty in prison. "A towering skeletal figure—almost inhumanly tall" (25.8), The Visitor "wa...
The Child Rebels
When Whit and Wisty escape prison, they join up with hundreds of children who are living in the shell of what used to be a fancy department store. These kids live in Freeland, which is not under t...
Sasha
We first meet Sasha, a member of the child rebellion, in the Underworld. He's a human, but he has special "portal-sensing abilities" (55.17) that help him find his way around. Lying comes easily t...
Eliza and Benjamin Allgood
Whit and Wisty's beloved mom and dad aren't around for much of the book, but they're often in the Allgood siblings' thoughts. After Whit and Wisty are arrested, their parents go into hiding. They...
Mrs. Highsmith
Like Wisty, Mrs. Highsmith is a witch. When she runs into the Allgood siblings at a diner in the City of Progress, she accuses Wisty of being a witch. Wisty cleverly turns the tables on her, but M...