NOS4A2 (2013) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Charlie Manx: a hideously old man; responsible for dozens of children disappearing back in the nineties, probably more long before that.
• Ellen Thornton: Nurse at the FCI Englewood, the Supermax prison infirmary; has a son, Josiah
• Victoria (Vic), (Brat) McQueen: Is an eight year old girl when the story opens; ages through the storyline
• Christopher McQueen: A demolition expert; father of Vic
• Linda McQueen: mother of Vic
• Bing Partridge: Forty-two years old, works as a janitor at NorChemPharm; wants to work at Christmasland.
• Dewey Hansom: was a screen agent in Los Angeles who specialized in child actors; helped Charlie "save" ten children and earned his place in Christmasland
• Lilly Carter: Six year old girl in Pennsylvania that Charlie Manx believes needs "saving".
• Mr. Eugley: The janitor and crossing guard at Vic's school when she was thirteen. Lost all his children in a house fire so has the jaintor job so he can be around the children.
• Willa: Vic's best friend when she was thirteen.
• Margaret (The Librarian) Leigh: Elfish looking girl and the librarian that Vic meets at the end of the bridge in Here, Iowa
• Marta Gregorski & Rory McCombers: 12 year old Russiian girl and a 14 year old boy from Baltimore went missing in 1991; never heard from or seen again.
• Amy Martin: Nine year old daughter of Nancy Lee Martin. Jeff Haddon told investigators that he heard Christmas music when he took his dog for a walk and saw Amy and her mother get in a black Rolls-Royce with a tall man in black. Neither was ever seen again.
• Jake Christensen: May 1994, flying alone from Philadelphia to his home in Buffalo, got off the plane but never arrived home. Driver that was sent to pick him up was found dead behind the wheel of his limo.
• Steve Conlon & Charlene Conlon: In 1995 Steve and his 12 year old saughter Charlene, (Charlie), left for a father-daughter dance and never arrived. Charlie was never seen again, Steve found dead from a bullet through his left eye.
• Craig Harrison: Vic's boyfriend when she was seventeen.
• Louis Carmody: Man who helped Vic and the father of her son.
• Tom Priest: Young soldier at the gas station in Gunbarrel, Colorado, who tried to capture Charlie Manx.
• Alan Warner: Game warden at the gas station in Gunbarrel, Colorado, who tried to help capture Charlie Manx.
• Cynthia & Brad McCauley: Mother and son who disappeared from JFK airport and were never seen again.
• Bruce Wayne Carmody: Vic and Louis's son. He is "Bruce" to his father's parents, "Wayne" to Vic and "Bat" to Louis.
• Michelle & Nathan Demeter: Father and daughter; Nathan bought the 1938 Rolls-Royce at an FBI auction and restored it. Nothing good came from that venture.
• Ernie Hicks & Sasha: Hicks is the security guard at the hospital and takes picture of himself with famous dead people. Sasha is his girlfriend who is a nurse and tells him when someone famous is in the hospital morgue. Hicks goes to photgraph Charlie Manx.
• Hooper: Wayne's dog
• Sigmund DeZoet: Elderly neighbor of the McQueen family when Vic was a child. Paints minatures to reenact historical battles. He often allowed Vic to paint them with him.
• Chitra: police officer
• Daltry: FBI
• Tabitha K. Hutter: Psych Evaluator with the FBI

Quotes edit see section history

• “Die Todten reiten schnell (For the dead travel fast)”

  "Lenore" Gottfried Burger

• “The doc said he had as much brain activity as a can of creamed corn.”

  Doctors view of Charlie Manx

• “Christmas music when it was nearly summer. It was like a clown in the rain with his makeup running.”

  Vic's thoughts as she stood in the garage with the Wraith and Christmas music was coming from the radio.

• “But this Rolls has an accessory you will not find in many modern vehicles: a sense of humor!”

  Charlie Manx

• “The blood of a redheaded woman is three degrees cooler than the blood of a normal woman.”

  Charlie Manx about his first wife.

• “Five of them were packed in the rear of a panal truck that said KING BOAR DELI on the side -- fitting, considering they were jammed in like sasuages.”

  The FBI and police

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Englewood, Colorado: Where the Supermax prison is located and whereCharlie Manx has been in a coma for seven years. Staff called the ;ong-term care unit "The Vegetable Patch".
• The Sleigh House: Name the media gave to Charlie Max's house
• Christmasland: What Charlie Manx calls where he takes the children.
• Haverhill,Massachusetts: Where the McQueen family lives
• Shorter Way Bridge: Covered wooden bridge that was condemed and demolished years ago but has a central role in the story.
• Terry's Primo Subs: Short order restaurant in Hampton, New Hampshire where the McQueen's ate lunch.
• Sugarcreek, Pennsylvania: Home of Bing Partridge
• Graveyard of What Might Be: A place where children that are yet to be "saved" are kept.
• The Pittman Street Woods: Where the Shorter Way Bridge was and still is to Vic.
• Lake Winnipesaukee: Lake in New Hampshire where some of the residence of Haverhill spent the summer or just a day.
• Here. Iowa: Where Vic goes on the Shorter Way Bridge to meet some one to expaline her unique ability to her.
• Durham, New Hampshire: Where Vic's father and his young girlfriend,Tiffany live.
• Gunbarrel, Colorado: Where Vic last saw the Shorter Way Bridge and Charlie Manx as well as where she and Louis and their son live.
• New American Faith Tabernacle: Rundown, long abandoned church where Bing attended with his mother as a boy and in recent years constructed an alter to pray for Charlie Manx.
• The House of Sleep: Name that Charlie and Bing gave to the place where Bing took all the mothers of the children they "saved".
• Bradenburg, Kentucky: Where Michelle and Nathan Demeter lived when he bought and restored the Rolls-Royce.

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• NOS4A2: license plate on Charlie Manz's 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith
• Inscapes: The places or things that people like Vic, Margaret, and Charlie Manx can create in their minds and use objects to slice holes in reality.
• Search Engine Book: A childrens book that Vic began to draw and sell.
• Nosferatu: The German word for "Vampire" and what the license plate refers to.
• Sevoflurane: A narcotic and anthesthtic, much in demand by dentist.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Vampire: Not in the traditional sense but Charkie Manx is a vampire none the less. Instead of blood, it takes something much more precious from his victims.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Joe Hill (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Mary Schuck (Designer) - Jacket design
2. Shane Leonard (Photographer) - Authors photograph
3. Gabriel Rodrigues (Illustrator) - Illustrations in book
4. Jamie Lynn Kerner (Designer) - Design
5. Jennifer Brehl (Editor)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Very disturbing material, strong language, violence, sexual situations (not explicit but include rape)

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Psychological & Suspense
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States
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Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Authors website: Authors official website
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