Half Magic characters

Appears from the start

The oldest of four siblings spending an uneventful summer together. Jane is responsible, imaginative, and determined to understand the worn charm she finds on the pavement when strange coincidences begin to follow careless wishes.

Appears from the start

Jane's brother and the only boy among the four children. Mark is practical enough to test rules but as eager for adventure as his sisters, and he approaches the charm's unreliable power as a problem that can be reasoned through.

Appears from the start

One of Jane's younger sisters, an enthusiastic reader whose ideas about adventure and romance are shaped by stories of knights and legendary quests.

Appears from the start

The youngest of the four children. Martha is forthright, impulsive, and often more interested in an immediate result than in carefully wording a magical wish.

Appears from the start

The children's widowed mother, who supports and cares for the family. She is affectionate but busy and initially knows nothing about the magical object her children are testing.

Appears from the start

The family cat, whose ordinary feline opinions become unexpectedly important when the children involve her in an experiment with the charm.

First appears in chapter 3

A courteous stranger who meets the family during one of the charm's misdirected adventures. He responds calmly to the children's unusual predicament and soon becomes a welcome adult companion.

Also known as Lancelot

First appears in chapter 5

The celebrated knight of Arthurian legend, encountered when one child's wish turns romantic ideas about the Middle Ages into a much less comfortable reality.