A partial, sometimes updated list of characters who have appeared in the story.
Will's Family
Will Martin Prescott Protagonist; 17 years old senior; tall, skinny, non-athletic, indifferent student, unknown Stellae; birthday is December 30. Lives at 513 Churchyard Street, Acheson.
Robert Geoffrey Prescott Will's 13-year-old brother; attends Schuyler Middle School (8th grade)
Harris Brian Prescott Will's father; aerospace engineer at Salopek Engineering; 48 years old
Martha Wertham Prescott Will's mother; 44 years old
Umeko Prescott Will's 18-year-old cousin, a Japanese girl adopted by his aunt and uncle; He has a crush on her, but she is a lesbian (this is not public knowledge)
Scott and Mary Prescott Will's aunt and uncle, adoptive parents of Umeko
Aunt Amanda Will's mother's younger sister, lives out of town
William Shabbleman Distant cousin of Will Prescott's from Cuthbert
Florence Shabbleman Head of Shabbleman clan in Cuthbert; witch
Nate Shabbleman Uncle of William; Cuthbert town constable
Rosalie Stewart Will's cousin; undiscovered Stellae
Margaret Shabbleman Jones Previous owner of the Libra; ived in Schenectady, New York
Will Friends
Caleb Charles Johansson Will's best friend; science geek; birthday is July 2
Keith Michael Tilley Third of Will's trio of good friends
Carson Ioeger Best friend of James Lamont; bullies the bullies
James Lamont Best friend of Carson Ioeger; bullies the bullies
Jenny Ashton Tomboyish student; friend of Yumi Saito, Lin Pol, Ioeger/Lamont
Paul Davis Friend of Ioeger/Lamont; has a crush on Yumi Saito
Students at Westside
This list of WHS students is organized more or less by social group within a general "student type" Types are sorted roughly in order of where they stand in the social hierarchy; groups within each type are similarly listed more or less where they stand within the hierarchy of that type; students within a group are listed more or less by where they stand within that group. Note that a high-ranked student within a low-ranked group may, in an absolute sense, rank higher than a low-ranked student within a high-ranked group.
See "Westside Sports Rosters" and "Music and Extracurricular Activities" (links below) for additional students listed by various activities.
Cheerleaders
Chelsea Courtney Cooper Head cheerleader, queen bee; Gordon Black GF
Cindy Cynthia Vredenburg Cheerleader, Seth Javits GF
Kendra Saunders African-American cheerleader, one of Chelsea's enforcers
Gloria Rea Cheerleader, one of Chelsea's enforcers
Eva and Jessica Garner Cheerleaders; two of triplets; sisters of Marc
Lin Pol Chinese-American cheerleader
Yumi Saito Japanese-American cheerleader
Maria Regina Vasquez y Lorca Cheerleader, best friend of Chelsea Cooper; supposed airhead but actually smart, only distracted
Michelle Estrich Cheerleader; quiet, unpopular
Sports
Gordon Gerald Black Basketball team captain; Chelsea BF
Steve Perceval Patterson Basketball player; Gordon's best friend
Seth Javits Basketball player; Cindy Vredenburg BF; persecutor of Keith Tilley
Jeremy Thaddeus Richards Former friend of Will and Caleb's; now a basketball player
Jason Lynch Baseball player; hangs around with Gordon and Steve
Michael Allen Baseball player; Catherine Muskov BF
Noah Baker Baseball player; Lily Hallet BF
Shep "Maize" Tsosie Baseball player; Native American stock; close friend of Justin Roth
Joe Ysleta Baseball player; Victoria Rodriguez BF
Cam(eron) Shore Baseball player; Kerri Mullen BF
Cameron Craig Huber Football quarterback; Anne Starkey BF
Scott Trey Bickelmeir Wide receiver on the football team Actually Taylor Mitchell, trapped under a mask
Sean Jason Mitchell Football player, wrestler; works at Salopek; Secretly writes fetish- and fan-fiction
Taylor Daniel Mitchell Sean's twin brother; apparently deceased in a mid-August car wreck, actually trapped under mask of Scott Bickelmeir
Dalton Douglas Football player; low-level bully
Nathan Cruz Swim team; Madison Fortney BF
Michael Wilson Swim team Dating junior Mackenzie Fuller
Derek Balaban Wrestler Handsome but shy and withdrawn
Eli Anders Wrestler Bonny Trask's BF
Andrea Varnsworth Swim team captain; intensely sexy; distant
Almida Jones African-American captain of girls' basketball team
Stephanie Wyatt Basketball player and all-around athlete Very competitive Brother Craig is a junior
Anita Nuevo Girls' soccer captain Ethan Nieves's GF
Phoebe Beauchamp Soccer player; dating sophomore Matthew Adams
Bonny Trask Soccer player; Anita's best friend; Eli Anders's GF
Catherine Denise Muskov Track Michael Allen's GF
Kerri Mullens Volleyball player Cam Shore's GF
Academically minded
Kelsey Blankenship AP Student; rich queen bee; tennis player; secretly dating Karl Hennepin
Amanda Ferguson AP Student; Ricky's GF; doesn't suffer fools gladly
Anthony Kirk AP Student; upper-middle class; country club snob; track & golf
Marc Garner AP Student; one of triplets (with Eva and Jessica); captain of soccer team
Geoff Mansfield AP Student; now dating Lisa Yarborough
Martin Gardinhire AP Student; debate team
Kim Walsh Student council president
Olivia Byrne Swim team
Lisa Roxana Yarborough Will's ex-GF
Ricky Golia AP Student; politician-in-waiting; rival of Kim Walsh
Brooke Galloway Upper-middle class; tennis player
Deanna Showalter A well-plugged-in gossip
Rachel Burton Swim team and debate team
Brent Pruitt AP student, but rather wet around the ears
Parker Stott Marching band color guard; Kristin Townes' BF; best friend of Jack Li
Jack Li Marching band color guard; best friend of Parker Stott
Wendy Terrill Marching band color guard; best friend of Kristin Townes
Kristin Townes Marching band color guard; Parker Stott's GF; best friend of Wendy Terrill
Rachel Bell STEM girl; programmer
Lily Hallet Student, friend of Rachel Bell; Noah Baker GF
Ella Swope Student, friend of Rachel Bell Chuck Johnson GF
Philip Fairfax Student, engineer-in-training; Vulcan-like demeanor
Michael Hollister AV guy; with Carlos Montoya co-hosts a YouTube channel devoted to movie reviews and news
Carlos Montoya AV guy; with Michael Hollister co-hosts a YouTube channel devoted to movie reviews and news
Josiah Shank Boob/anime-obsessed nerd; friend of Fairfax, Hollister, Montoya