Caitlin O'Koren

Caitlin is sixteen years old, and the protagonist of Dreamland. Her older sister, Cass, ran away the morning of her sixteenth birthday. Her best friend is Rina. Rina made her try out for the cheer leading squad, which Caitlin hates. Throughout the story, she starts to smoke marijuana, becoming addicted, and later uses it as a way to escape the pain of her abusive relationship with her boyfriend, Rogerson. At the end of the book, Caitlin goes to a rehab clinic for her drug addiction and Rogerson's abuse towards her.