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17 years old boy living in Communist Romania. He's a little rebellious because he has an illegal journal and other illegal stuff, he doesn't seem to like the leader. He is an informant for an agent of the Securitate, secret police. He feels guilty from keeping it from his family. He likes a girl named, Lilliana and adores his grandfather. He feels really guilty about being an informer and is becoming more rebellious as time goes on. He starts protesting for Romanian people, because of this he went to a prison camp with Lilliana but got out. Once out he witnesses the fall of Ceausescu. Lilliana and him get together at the end, stating that they love each other.

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She is Cristian Florescu's sister, she is 20 years old, and she lives in Communist Romania. She's a kind and loving sister and Cristian says a lot of people like her. She's pretty and intellegent. She's working for the securitate and informing on her own family. She is responsible for a lot of the problems that have been happening. She is dating Paddlehands and messing around with Alex. She tries apologizing to Cristian and it seems like she feels guilty and really cares about Cristian but he pushes her away. In the epilogue we find out Cici was a double agent and worked for America too. She was trying to get passports for her and her brother. We also find out she was killed during the revolution.

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Cristian Florescu's grandfather. Speaks against the government and is sick. Cristian really likes and admires him and is working as an informant to get him medicine. Bunu is the first to find out that Cristian is an informer, and is getting him medicine. He dies in Chapter 45. He might have been poisoned and he was beaten to death.

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She is Cristian's neighbor and also his crush. She goes to the same school as Cristian, so I assume they are similar ages. She breaks the rules similar to Cristian. She is described as kind and quiet in the book. She thinks she knows that Critian is an informer but she thinks he is informing on her, and she's really upset with him. She is protesting for Romanian people. She went to a prison camp with Cristian but then was transfered to a juvenile jail, she gets out eventually with the help of Alex and Cici. Her and Cristian are in love and together at the end of the book.

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17 year old Romanian girl with long hair

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Cristian's mother who works for foreign diplomats. Works for the Van Dorns, who Cristian was assigned to spy on. She seems cautious and afraid of the communist party/leader. Angry at everything, having to work a lot and following the communist rules. Even after the protesting and revolution she is very hesitant and scared saying "There is no winning!". In the epilogue we find out she was an informer and informing on mostly Bunu for her children's safety.

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He is one of the secret communist Romanian police that spy on people to make sure they are following all the many laws. He recruits Cristian to spy on the Dorns. He is aggressive and straight forward. He also smokes and is a soccer fan. He doesn't wear a wedding ring. He is dating Cici.

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American kid, son of a US diplomat. He is in Romania and is being spied on by Cristian. He knows he is under surveillance. Seems like he doesn't like the communist government. Around the same age as Cristian. He knows about how bad things are in Romania and feels sorry for Cristian. He's very kind to Cristian and thinks of them as pals. Left Romania and is staying away.

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Cristian's best friend, who informed on him. He told the agent that Cristian did something illegal and now Cristian has to spy on others. He is eager and asks a lot of questions. It doesn't seem like he informed on Cristian but we found out that he liked Lilliana. Cristian and Luca are very similar they both wish for freedom, they both want to help the protest. Luca did not inform on Cristian. He was protesting for Romanian people, against Ceaucescu. He got shot while protesting and ending up in the hospital losing his arm.

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Married to Moria Florescu, has a son Cristian and a daughter Cici. He is often away from home. He isn't as scared and paranoid of the securitate as his wife, and he's also not as defiant as Bunu. He is a mix of both of them. He doesn't talk often, in the book Cristian says "He said more in two days than he had said in two years" speaking about his father. In the epilogue we find out the reason he stopped talking at home is because he knew that Cici and mama were informers.

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The ruthless Romanian leader that ruled communist Romania. He is paranoid, and it shows because he sends securitate (his secret police) to watch people and ensure they are maintaining loyalty and bugs everyone's homes to listen to their conversations. He is very selfish, this is shown often throughout the book especially at the end when we learn he was living like a king while everyone else was barely surviving. At the end of the book he is killed along with his wife mother Elena.

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Alex is Lilliana's brother, he doesn't like Cristian when we first meet him. Cici, Cristians sister, and him hang out together and Cici informs their family. Near the end of the book they get along better because of everything going on, he talks to Cristian about Lilliana and even walks him home.