Unwind Characters

A kind and sympathetic boy at the Happy Jack Harvest Camp. He becomes friendly with Connor and has a crush on Risa. Dalton has been at Happy Jack for six months because he plays bass in camp’s band, but he dies during the clappers’ attack on the Chop Shop.

An angry Unwind whom Cleaver recruits to join the clappers. He’s involved in killing the Goldens and is the first to detonate in the attack on Happy Jack Harvest Camp, but only because a guard shoots him with a tranquilizer bullet.

A storked infant whom Connor snatches off a porch when he sees the less than ideal reaction of the family who received her. Connor and Risa care for her for a few days, but she ultimately ends up with Hannah and her husband.

CyFi’s dads; he only ever refers to them collectively. Men cannot get married to each other in the world of the novel, but CyFi notes (with no further explanation) that they got “mmarried.”

A long-haul trucker who gives Connor a ride. He shows Connor his transplanted arm, which still has the muscle memory from its original owner and can perform sleight-of-hand tricks.

Risa’s piano teacher. Though he’s kind and encouraging during the entire time he instructs her, Risa is extremely hurt when he doesn’t show up to say goodbye to her.

An unnamed young mother who storks her baby, Didi. She’s relieved to have the opportunity to stork Didi, as she has neither the means nor the desire to be a parent.

An intensely religious man who believes in tithing. Because of this, he offers his tenth child, Lev, as a tithe to be unwound.

A friendly teen who has a six-month-old baby named Chase. Risa and Connor meet Alexis and Chase when they attempt to hide on a school bus.

Alexis’s six-month-old son. Risa and Connor meet Alexis and Chase when they attempt to hide on a school bus.

The harried and exhausted adults who care for refugee Unwinds in huge warehouses. They insist that saving Unwinds is a reward in and of itself.

A group of five teens at the Graveyard who serve the Admiral directly. Cleaver and his clapper recruits murder them.

An umber girl who travels in the same container as Risa on their way to the Graveyard. Her story is much like Risa’s, as they both grew up in state homes.

Connor’s dad. He releases Connor to be unwound but seems to experience some regret as the time approaches.

Connor’s mother. She releases Connor to be unwound.

A quiet boy who travels to the Graveyard in the same crate as Connor.

A pawnbroker whom Lev steals from.

A student at Connor’s school who is also arrested to be unwound.

The headmaster of the state home where Risa grows up.