Character List

Willie Orville Wisp- Will-O-Wisp, main character.

Lucille "Lucie" Wisp - William Oliver Wisp's mother.

Hachi Wise Leaf - Seminole woman living on the island of a similar age to Lucie, and Lucie's first friend on the island.

Holata Wise Leaf - Seminole boy, son of Hachi, and Will's childhood friend.

Lucie's husband -  Alan Wisp died in WW-II March, 1945.

Lucie' father -  Gerard MacConover - the Devil

Lucie's mother - Beatrice MacConover - kind and full of Scottish folk wisdom. 

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