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| Starr Carter | A sixteen-year-old black teenager who witnesses the shooting of her unarmed friend, Khalil. Starr lives in the primarily black, lower-class neighborhood of Garden Heights but attends Williamson Prep.
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| Khalil Harris | Starr’s childhood best friend, a teenager from Garden Heights who is shot and killed by One-Fifteen.
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| Maverick Carter | Starr’s father, Lisa’s husband, and a former felon, Maverick was essentially born into a life of crime.
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| Lisa Carter | Mother to Starr and Sekani, wife to Maverick, and step-mother to Seven.
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| Seven | Starr’s older half-brother, the son of Maverick and Iesha.
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| Kenya | The daughter of King and Iesha, is also Seven’s half-sister and one of the few people in Garden Heights with whom Starr has remained close.
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| Chris | Starr’s boyfriend, is a wealthy white student at Williamson who bonds with Starr over their shared love of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, sneakers, and rap music.
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| Uncle Carlos | Lisa’s older brother and a detective on the same police force as One-Fifteen. A second father figure to Starr, He helped take care of the Carter children while Maverick was in jail.
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| DeVante | A teenager from Garden Heights whose brother is killed at Big D’s party in the beginning of the story. He becomes involved with the King Lords to help support his family, and at one point sold drugs with Khalil.
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| Hailey Grant | Starr’s oldest friend at Williamson, the two having grown close when Hailey’s mother died of cancer around same time that Natasha was killed.
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| Maya Yang | A close friend of Starr’s at Williamson. She is on the basketball team with Starr and Hailey, and initially tries to keep the peace between the three.
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| King | The biggest drug dealer in Garden Heights, a leader of the King Lords, and father to Kenya and Lyric.
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| Iesha | Seven, Kenya, and Lyric’s mother, and King’s girlfriend.
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| Sekani Carver | Starr and Seven’s little brother and a frequent source of comic relief.
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| One-Fifteen / Officer Brian Cruise | The white officer who kills Khalil.
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| Mr. Lewis | An older gentleman who owns the barbershop next to Maverick’s store and is a frequent source of annoyance for the latter.
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