The following is a list of characters from Haunting with the Stars in the order they are mentioned or appear.
This page contains spoilers! Do not read this before finishing the story.
Characters[]
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Slappy the Dummy
|
Slappy is an evil ventriloquist dummy carved out of the wood of a cursed coffin. He narrates the introduction and epilogue of this book. Aside from that, he doesn’t appear in the story itself or interfere with the characters. |
| Murphy Shannon
|
The narrator and protagonist of this book, Murphy is a 12-year-old boy who's passionate about outer space and astronomy. |
| Orly Roberts and Cleo Lambeau
|
They're two of Murphy's classmates and his best friends. They join Murphy when he wanders off to explore the observatory on his own. Orly is described as always being ready to have fun, while Cleo is more cautious and timid. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Shannon
|
They're Murphy's parents. They only appear very briefly at the beginning and end of the book, not being described in any way. |
| Captain Farrell Dodge
|
A character made up by Murphy for a short story he writes for a school assignment. In the story, Dodge is a young man who works as the captain of the Spaceship Academy. |
| Mr. Hawkins
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He's Murphy's sixth-grade teacher. He takes the class on a field trip to the Rayburne observatory. |
| Jesse Halstrom
|
A boy in Murphy's class. |
| Dr. Sydney Rayburne
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He's the man in charge of the Rayburne Observatory. He's tall and thin wigth straight white hair pulled back in a ponytail, blue eyes behind square-framed glasses and a bushy white mustache. |
| Dr. Gonzalez and Dr. Jackson
|
Two women who work at the observatory as Dr. Rayburne's main assistants. Dr. Jackson also secretly warns Murphy and his friends by telling them to escape the observatory while they still have the chance. |
| Dr. Samuel Freed
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He's the head astronomer at the Rayburne Observatory. He's a tall young man with wavy black hair down to his shoulders and a short black beard. |
| Zoromisis 12 inhabitants
|
They're extraterrestrial beings who populate the planet Dr. Rayburne sends the three protagonists to. They are tall two-headed creatures, and they all wear similar clothes - loose-fitting white uniforms that look like pajamas. |
| Planetary Guards
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They're aliens in black uniforms who capture the kids when they try to escape. |
| Lord Hoofer
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Known as Hoofer the Horrible, he's the Supreme Leader of the Zoromisis 12 planet and its people. |
| Derek
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An alien who impersonates Hoofer the Horrible in order to scare the three kids. |