The Book of Lost Things
The Book of Lost ThingsJohn ConnollyThe Book of Lost Things, book 1
Characters in The Book of Lost Things
11 characters, main characters first.Main characters
David (The Book of Lost Things)
A grieving boy in wartime London who follows the Crooked Man into a fairy-tale world to find his brother.
Antagonists
The Crooked Man
A trickster who steals children and is David's chief antagonist in the fairy-tale world.
Leroi (The Book of Lost Things)
The first Loup, half wolf and half human, who plots to displace the aging king.
Supporting characters
Seven Dwarves
The dwarves of the Snow White tale, met by David in the fairy-tale world's retelling.
Snow White
A fairy-tale figure David meets, in a retelling of her story with a humorous twist.
Red Riding Hood
The Woodsman
The first living person David meets in the forest, and a well-disposed helper to him.
Jonathan Tulvey
Roland the Soldier
Rose (The Book of Lost Things)
The hospice administrator who cared for David's mother and later marries his father.
Georgie (The Book of Lost Things)
Rose's baby son and David's new half-brother, whom David sets out to find.