Cast of Characters
The Slave Formerly Known as Jane Foreman
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Chapter 1: A Busy Summer
- Jane Foreman-- the protagonist
- Deb Coulter – Jane's best friend
- Jane's immediate family – parents Robert and Ruth Foreman, brothers, Bill and James
- “close friends” – Deb Coulter, Becky Roberts, Cathy Jackson, Rose Chang, and Sarah Cohen
- Charles Mitchell – a wealthy man
- Danny Hughes-- Mr. Mitchell's house slave
- Sally Hughes-- Danny's mother, also Mr. Mitchell's house slave
- Roger Hughes-- Danny's father, also Mr. Mitchell's house slave
- Karen Fields and Zach Perez – two more friends that form “the gang of eight.”
- Emily Johnson – the name of the summer school teacher (a pseudonym)
- Mrs. Blair – the senior English teacher
Chapter 2: Sophomore Year
- Mr. Christopher – an administrator that tries to keep Jane from attending school
- Mrs. Scheckner – the sophomore English teacher
- Alex Cherrystone – a student that tangled with Jane and Deb in the cafeteria
- Peter Anderson and William Farjani – the two students that change the “gang of eight” to the “gang of ten.”
- Emily Mitchell – the niece of Mr. Mitchell, and the true identity of “Emily Johnson.”
- Carol Nguyen and Kathy Hoang-- two students who switch from opposition to the gang of ten to cooperation
- “six students” – a reference to a group of students determined to “take down the gang of ten.”
Chapter 3: Junior Year
- “eight teachers” – teachers caught up in the bribery scandal
- Fred Crocker-- a member of the “six students” who became Deb's boyfriend
- Stephen Ratte – a member of the “six students” who cheated on a test
- Mrs. Johnson – the algebra teacher
Chapter 4: Senior Year
- Lin family – first bidder (daughter is Ann Lin)
- McNamara family – second bidder (son is Daryl NcNamara)
- Hassan family – third bidder (son is Amir Hassan)
- Professor Johnson – statistics professor who help test Jane
- Roger Carter family – fourth bidder (nephew is Mike; Roger is a wealthy software guru)
- Harrison family – fifth bidder (daughter is Jane Harrison)
Chapter 5: A New Life in College
- Pamela Hassan – Amir's Mother
- Yassir Hassan – Amir's Father
- Mo Hassan – Amir's uncle
- Fred Hassan – Amir's uncle
Chapter 6: A Wedding brings a New Future
(no new characters introduced)
Chapter 7: Jane Declares a New Epoch
- Brenda and David Coulter-Jackson – two babies for Deb and Cathy
Chapter 8: The Desire to Know the Enemy
- Julie Hildebrandt, Roger Carter, James Chu, Lillian Min, and Fred Smith – members of the Supreme Council in Sunnyvale CA
Chapter 9: A History is Revealed
- Deepshikha – a slave at Roger Carter's House
- Samantha – a slave at Roger Carter's House
- Lucy Ling – a slave at Roger Carter's House
Chapter 10: Days of Preparation
- Fred Blair – a lawyer from Sunnyvale California
Chapter 11: Years of Preparation
- Cynthia McCarthy and Paul Hanna – hired doubles for Jane and Amir
Chapter 12: Flipping the Switch
- Mary Davis – briefly chats with Jane at a restaurant
- Lisa and Ralph – journalists at the press conference
Chapter 13: The Aftermath
- Rose Cynthia Foreman – Jane and Amir's daughter
Chronology
- 2034 – The birth of Jane Foreman
- 2049 – Fall of the Sophomore year of high school
- 2052 – Jane and her friends graduate from high school
- 2055 – Jane and Amir get married; Jane travels to Sunnyvale
- 2056 – Jane's friends graduate from college; many weddings
- 2059 – Murder in Jane and Amir's house
- 2061 – The product rollout
- 2062 – The Second Constitutional Convention
- 2072 – The death of Julie Hildebrandt
- 2073 – The year the book's Afterword was written
Locations
- Chapter 1 – Warren Ohio
- Chapter 2 – Warren Ohio
- Chapter 3 – Warren Ohio
- Chapter 4 – Warren Ohio
- Chapter 5 – Atlanta Georgia
- Chapter 6 – Atlanta Georgia and Warren, Ohio
- Chapter 7 – Warren Ohio
- Chapter 8 – Warren Ohio, Louisville Kentucky, and Sunnyvale California
- Chapter 9 – Sunnyvale California
- Chapter 10 – Warren Ohio
- Chapter 11 – Atlanta Georgia, Indianapolis Indiana, Warren Ohio, St Louis Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas
- Chapter 12 – Warren Ohio, Atlanta Georgia and Cleveland Ohio
- Chapter 13 – Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Warren Ohio
where some of the ideas come from