The Replacement (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Malcolm "Mackie" Doyle: The protagonist, he is a replacement, a child taken from the world below and left in place of a stolen human child.
• Roswell Reed: Mackie's best friend.
• Emma Doyle: Mackie's older sister. She's almost twenty and is in college.
• Alice Harms: Part of the popular crowd at Gentry High School. The girl that Mackie is inititaly has a crush on.
• Janice: Emma's classmate. Good with plants and biology.
• Sharon Doyle: Mackie's mother.
• Natalie Stewart: Tate's younger sister.
• Tate Stewart: Dealing with the death of her sister Natalie. Mackie's love interest.
• Luther: Part of a popular band known as Rasputin Sings the Blues. In love with Carlina.
• The Morrigan: Part of the House of Mayhem, sister to the Lady.
• Carlina Carlyle: Lead singer of a popular band known as Rasputin Sings the Blues. In love with Luther.
• The Cutter: A sadistic, masochistic creature of evil who does the Lady's bidding and most of her dirty work.
• Drew Corbett: One of Mackie's friends. Twin brother of Danny.
• Danny Corbett: One of Mackie's friends. Twin brother of Drew.
• Jenna Porter: One of Mackie's classmates.
• Stephanie Beecham: One of Mackie's classmates. Roswell has a thing for her.
• Kellan Caury: The character in the cautionary tale Mackie's father constantly tells him.

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• “The simple truth is that you can understand a town. You can know and love and hate it. You can blame it, resent it, and nothing changes. In the end, you're just another part of it.”

  Mackie's thoughts

• “I stared at her. She was beautiful in the porch light and very far away. I shook my head. But she'd never really looked at me. She'd never seen me. Here she was, making up some complicated story, when Tate was right-the answer had always been dangerously obvious to anyone who felt like looking.”

  Mackie's thoughts about Alice and Tate

• “"Do you really want to know where we come from?" she said. "In every century, in every country, they'll call us something different. They'll say we're ghosts, angels, demons, elemental spirits, and giving us a name doesn't help anybody. When did a name change what someone is?"”

• “"Intention is one of the most powerful forces there is. What you mean when you do a thing will always determine the outcome. The law creates the world." p. 119”

  The Morrigan

• “"We think we're so solitary, so self-sufficient. What a stupid thing to be proud of, huh?" p. 131”

  Carlina Carlyle

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• House of Mayhem: Ruled by The Morrigan. Home of Janice, Luther, Carlina, and others.
• House of Mystery: Ruled by The Lady. Guarded by The Cutter. Often called "House of Misery" for obvious reasons.
• House of Misery: A nickname for the House of Mystery.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Brenna Yovanoff (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults (2011: Fiction)

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• Dewey: FICTION

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• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic

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