Son of a Trickster Character Analysis

Jared Martin

Jared is the 16-year-old protagonist of Son of a Trickster. He lives in Kitimat, British Columbia and is a member of the Heiltsuk and ‘Namgis Nations. Jared had a tough upbringing, as his mom… read analysis of Jared Martin

Maggie Moody/Jared’s Mom

Maggie Moody is Jared’s mom, Phil’s ex-wife, and Anita’s daughter. She’s extremely aggressive and violent, and she often takes her anger out on Jared. After Maggie and Jared’s dad divorce, she dates… read analysis of Maggie Moody/Jared’s Mom

Sarah Jaks

Sarah is Mr. Jaks and Mrs. Jaks’s granddaughter and Jared’s girlfriend. After the Christmas break, Sarah’s mom sends her to help care for her grandparents after Mrs. Jaks is diagnosed with leukemia. Sarah… read analysis of Sarah Jaks

Phil Martin/Jared’s Dad

Phil is Jared’s dad, Maggie’s ex-husband, and Nana Sophia’s son. During Jared’s childhood, Phil is honest and good-natured, often trying to balance out Maggie’s volatility. But after Phil breaks his back at… read analysis of Phil Martin/Jared’s Dad

Wee’git/The Voice

Wee’git is a trickster figure in Heiltsuk and Haisla mythology who often takes the form of a raven. When Jared is growing up, Nana Sophia and Anita worry that Jared might actually be Wee’git’s son… read analysis of Wee’git/The Voice

Nana Sophia

Nana Sophia is Jared’s paternal grandmother and Phil’s mother. Nana Sophia is ‘Namgis. When Jared is young, she worries that he might be Wee’git’s son, not Phil’s, so she has a… read analysis of Nana Sophia

Destiny

Destiny is Jared’s stepsister, Phil’s stepdaughter, and Shirley’s daughter. At the beginning of the book, 17-year-old Destiny is pregnant and living in Phil’s apartment. After she has her baby, Ben, Jared… read analysis of Destiny

Baby Killer

Baby Killer is Jared’s pit bull. Originally, Baby Killer belonged to Richie. But when Richie moved in with Jared and his mom, Baby Killer became immediately attached to Jared: she followed him… read analysis of Baby Killer

Anita Moody

Anita is Jared’s maternal grandmother and Maggie’s mother. When Jared is growing up, Anita hates him because she suspects that he is Wee’git’s son—and Wee’git has caused her family a lot of… read analysis of Anita Moody

Richie

Richie is Jared’s mom’s boyfriend, whom she dates after Death Threat. Richie and Jared’s mom meet when Death Threat leaves town because he owes Richie money, and Richie threatens Jared and his… read analysis of Richie

Mrs. Jaks

Mrs. Jaks is Jared’s neighbor, Mr. Jaks’s husband, and Sarah’s grandmother. Mrs. Jaks is Native, and she and Jared meet in a dream when Jared “sleepwalks” out of his body. When Jared’s… read analysis of Mrs. Jaks

Jwa’sins

Jwa’sins is Wee’git’s sister. She appears to Jared several times to try to convince him that magic is real, but Jared isn’t receptive to it. He observes that there is a monster under Jwa’sins’s… read analysis of Jwa’sins

Dylan Wilkinson

Dylan is one of Jared’s classmates and Mr. Wilkinson’s son. Dylan is a popular boy on the hockey team who often picks on Jared, but when Dylan’s girlfriend Ebony teams up with Jared… read analysis of Dylan Wilkinson

George/Crashpad

George is one of Jared’s classmates and Dylan’s neighbor. Jared meets George after getting drunk at a party and fighting with Dylan. He doesn’t tell George where he lives, so George and his… read analysis of George/Crashpad

Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Wilkinson is Dylan’s dad. When Mr. Wilkinson first meets Jared, they argue about Dylan not needing help from someone like Jared. But at the end of the book, Jared runs into Mr… read analysis of Mr. Wilkinson

Ebony Stewart

Ebony is Jared’s classmate and Dylan’s girlfriend. Ebony teams up with Jared to sell marijuana cookies, but when Jared stops baking with her and embarrasses Dylan at a party, Ebony gets vengeful and… read analysis of Ebony Stewart

David

David is one of Jared’s mom’s boyfriends, whom she dates after divorcing Jared’s dad. David is strict with Jared, and when he discovers that Jared is getting poor grades, he breaks his… read analysis of David

Mr. Jaks

Mr. Jaks is Jared’s neighbor, Mrs. Jaks’s husband, and Sarah’s grandfather. Mr. Jaks has severe memory problems and needs help completing basic tasks. When Jared’s mom was in jail, Jared stayed with… read analysis of Mr. Jaks

Mavis Moody

Mavis is Jared’s aunt and Maggie’s older sister. Jared doesn’t know Mavis exists until he is 16, when his mom tells him that Mavis ran away from home. At the end of the… read analysis of Mavis Moody

Fake Sarah

Fake Sarah is a river otter impersonating Sarah in order to lure Jared into the woods. Fake Sarah criticizes humans for destroying the environment and leads the other river otters to bite off one of… read analysis of Fake Sarah

Minor Characters

Death Threat

Death Threat is one of Jared’s mom’s boyfriends, whom she dates after David. Death Threat is a drug dealer, and when he runs up some debts with a local biker gang and they threaten him, he abandons Jared’s mom and skips town.

Shirley

Shirley is Dylan’s stepmother, Phil second wife, and Destiny’s mother. She’s is a mousy woman whom Jared’s dad meets in physical therapy. Jared rarely sees Shirley, but when he does, she is usually drunk.

Ben

Ben is Destiny’s son. When Ben is born, Jared helps look after Ben for a weekend. But when Destiny abandons him alone with Ben for hours, Jared refuses to babysit him again.

Mrs. Brantford

Mrs. Brantford is Jared’s neighbor. She sells him medical marijuana that he uses to make marijuana cookies.

Blake

Blake is one of Jared’s friends in school; they often play games and get high together, along with Kelsey.

Kelsey

Kelsey is one of Jared’s friends in school; they often play games and get high together, along with Blake.

Bambam

Bambam is one Jared’s classmates; he’s Dylan’s hockey teammate.

Alex Gunborg

Alex Gunborg is a Goth kid in Jared’s class.

Dawn

Dawn is Mrs. Jaks and Mr. Jaks’s daughter-in-law.