Bone Gap

Finn is a teenage boy preparing for college. He is Sean’s brother and Petey’s boyfriend. He has a condition known as face blindness, which makes it difficult for him to distinguish and identify facial features. This makes people see him as an “other” and suspect him when he can’t describe Roza’s kidnapper. His condition also gives him advantages, like being able to spot movements and unique qualities that others can’t see as easily, like when he spots Roza in The Fields or identifies the queen bee immediately by her movements.

Finn inherited his mother’s distractedness and good looks; he’s described as being quite pretty with dark hair. The people of Bone Gap assume his personality is also similar to his mother, even though Finn isn’t flighty like her. Instead, he is afraid that others will leave him. He only appears spacey because he has face blindness, which causes him to interpret information in different ways than others. Through the disparity between Finn’s looks and true self, Ruby explores the theme of Appearance Versus Identity.

Roza is a beautiful 20-year-old botanist from Poland. With her grandmother’s help and encouragement, she came to America to study botany at university. Roza has been defined by her looks for her entire life.