In the final scene, he brings Tamaya and Marshall to the top of one of the trees he likes to climb in the woods-his private refuge from the world. At the end of the book, Chad regains eyesight and doctors apply skin grafts from his buttocks to his face. He comes to appreciate Marshall and Tamaya as friends. While being helped, Chad admits that he feels bad about being mean and blames neglect on the part of his parents. Chad spends the night in the forest, unable to find his way out until Tamaya and Marshall return to rescue him. Chad is blinded with fuzzy mud when Tamaya throws it in his face while defending Marshall. Chad develops contempt for Marshall upon learning that they have the same birthday: while Marshall's mother made him his favorite lasagne, Chad's father refused to celebrate his son's birthday.
Chad HilligasĬhad Hilligas is a seventh-grader who is new to Woodridge Academy, having transferred after bad behavior got him kicked out of several schools. By the end of the novel, Marshall and Chad have overcome their differences and become friends. But when Marshall learns Tamaya is missing, Marshall overcomes his cowardice and rescues her and Chad from the forest. Rather than admit to having fought with him, Marshall lies to the headmistress to save face. The next day, Marshall learns that Chad is missing. Marshall dwells on his cowardice and regrets having brought Tamaya into the conflict. Chad finds them and attacks Marshall, leading Tamaya to throw mud into Chad's eyes. When Chad challenges Marshall to a fight after school, Marshall leads Tamaya on a detour through the woods. Once popular and well-adjusted, Marshall has become reserved and depressive after finding himself the target of Chad's bullying. He lives on the same block as Tamaya and so walks with her to and from school. Marshall Walsh is a seventh-grader at Woodridge Academy. By the end of the novel, she is considered a hero for alerting the world to the threat of the mutated Biolene early enough to contain its spread. Overcoming her fear of breaking the rules, Tamaya sets out to rescue Chad. Having thrown the same mud in Chad's eyes, Tamaya realizes he must be stranded in the woods, and infected with the same disease. After touching fuzzy mud in the woods near her school, Tamaya discovers an aggressive rash on her hand. Tamaya has a secret crush on Marshall, who pretends not to know her when they are at school. Because Tamaya lives on the same block as Marshall, they walk to and from school every day.
She receives the nickname Goody Two-Shoes from Hope. Tamaya maintains a perfect attendance record and has trouble understanding why other students are drawn toward defying authority and breaking rules. Unlike many of the other students, Tamaya doesn't come from a rich family and is at the school on a scholarship.
She is a fifth-grader at Woodridge Academy.
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