Reese

Reese Harker is one of the main characters in the book "''Wilder Girls." ''Her dad used to work for the school and they have a house on the grounds by the Boat Pick-up area that is referred to as the Harker House. She used to live in the house before her dad left and she moved to the school. When the Tox infected her, she got a silver 'reptile-like' hand with claws that can cut through skin. She is queer.

Reese has a fierce personality. She is rarely ever shy and speaks her mind. One of her few weaknesses is her dad. She has an undefined romantic affiliation with Hetty and is only semi-friends with Byatt. Byatt and Hetty's friendship is something Reese always felt she could never be apart of. Although she secretly cares very much about her friends, Reese has a hard time showing it and often comes off as cold or uncaring instead.

Reese's mother left when she was younger. Reese doesn't know where she is now, but she speculates Portland, Maine. Her father, Daniel Harker, also leaves when the Tox breaks out on Raxter. Reese and her father used to spend summers together at the Harker House before it got too dangerous. When Hetty and Byatt visit the Harker House with Reese and have dinner with Mr. Harker, Hetty notices how happy Reese is. She laughs with her dad in a way she never does elsewhere.

At the very end of the book, there is a deleted scene written in Reese's perspective. It describes Reese's first impressions of Hetty and Byatt, and how Reese's fondness of Hetty began.

Tox

 * "She was one of the last to get sick. I thought maybe it had missed her, maybe she was safe, and then they started. The scales each shifting sort of silver, unfolding out of her skin like they were coming from inside." Page 6

Quotes

 * “I thought maybe it had missed her, maybe she was safe, and then they started. The scales, each shifting sort of silver, unfolding out of her skin like they were coming from inside.” Page 6
 * "[Reese's] parents both gone, and this is what it did to her. This is the wreck it left behind. I should have seen it. I should have seen how she loves as hard as I do. Only I think it pins her down where it picks me up." Page 112