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Book cover of The Nowhere Child
The Nowhere ChildChristian White

Characters in The Nowhere Child

5 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Kim Leamy

    A Melbourne photography teacher confronted with the claim that she is a girl who disappeared from Kentucky as a toddler.

Supporting characters

  • Sammy Went

    The two-year-old who vanished from her family's home in Manson, Kentucky, at the heart of the mystery.

  • James Finn

    The stranger who approaches Kim with a photograph and the theory that she is the missing Sammy Went.

  • Jack Went

    Sammy's father, part of the Kentucky family Kim travels to meet.

  • Molly Went

    Sammy's devout mother, deeply involved in the snake-handling Church of the Light Within.