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Ava

This character is the novel's modern protagonist who tells her story from the year 2017. When the reader first meets this mixed-race character, she has accepted an offer from her grandmother that will allow her son to attend the best middle school in New Orleans. This character moves into her wealthy white grandmother's home along with her son at the onset of the narrative, but the decision is one that she will come to regret.

King

This character is the 12-year-old son of one of the novel's modern protagonist. This character's father is no longer in the picture, but he and his mother have a very close relationship. Once this character and his mother move to the west side of town, he is one of the only black kids at his middle school.

Grandma Martha

This 78-year-old character is the modern protagonist's paternal grandmother. This character took a special...

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