Minor Characters
Grandmother
Ellie’s grandmother, Vivian’s mom, never appears in person in the novel, but she’s still alive and has trained a woolly mammoth to be her primary ghostly companion.
Woolly Mammoth
Grandma trained the ghost of a woolly mammoth to be her primary ghostly companion. Grandma, Vivian, and Ellie can all call the mammoth and command her. When Vivian was a teenager, the mammoth saved her from abduction and murder by stomping on a man who threatened Vivian.
Aunt Bell
Jay’s Aunt Bell is a psychic. She comes to Allerton to do a reading at the site where Trevor’s body was found, and she discovers he didn’t die there—his body was moved there.
Dan
Dan is the tribal elder whom Ellie speaks to about her trip to the underworld. She also spoke to him years before the novel begins, when Kirby gave her entire class nosebleeds because Ellie commanded him to howl, not realizing what would happen.
Brett Allerton
Brett is Dr. Allerton’s son; he was in Trevor’s third-grade class two years before the novel begins.
Jess
Jess is one of Ronnie’s bridesmaids and basketball teammates.
Martia
Martia is one of Ronnie’s bridesmaids and basketball teammates.
Alice
Alice is one of Ronnie’s bridesmaids and basketball teammates.
Lily
Lily is a young vampire whom Jay and Ellie free when they rescue Al from the Allerton mansion.
Snickers
Snickers is the eight-year-old Labradoodle that Dad adopts for Ellie in the months after the family’s trip to Allerton.