Mike | Armstrong | Owner, editor of The Phoenix Weekly. |
Ms. | Beatty | Principal at Battle Mountain School. |
Mr. | Becker | Owner of Becker's Jewel Box. |
Jeanette | Bivens | English teacher. Faculty advisor. |
Carrie Mae | Blankenship | One of Jeannette's classmates. |
Mr. | Blankenship | Carrie's father. Administrator at Hospital. |
Ms. | Caparossi | English teacher at Welch Elementary School. |
Ms. | Cook | Jeannette's teacher. |
Billy | Deel | Juvenile delinquent. aka: The Devil. |
Mrs. | Ellis | Jeannette's 4th grade teacher at Emerson. |
Ken | Fink | Filmmaker from New York City. |
Mr. | Freeman | Next-door neighbor of the Walls. |
Peanut | Freeman | Freeman's son. |
Prissy | Freeman | Freeman's daughter. |
Ms. | Fuchs | Political Science Professor at Barnard College. |
Ernie | Goad | Bully. |
Kenny | Hall | 42-year old retarded neighbor of the Walls. |
Dinitia | Hewitt | Jeannette's classmate. A bully. |
Mr. | Jack | Principal of Welch High School. |
Ms. | Katon | Guidance Counselor at Welch High School. |
Mr. | Muckenfuss | Editor of The Welch Daily News. |
Carol | Noe | Karen's sister. |
Karen | Noe | Lives in the neighborhood. |
Ms. | Paige | Jeannette's teacher at Mary S. Black School. |
Clarence | Pastor | Ginnie's husband. |
Ginnie Sue | Pastor | Walls neighbor with 8 daughters and 1 son. |
Kathy | Pastor | Ginnie's oldest daughter. |
Lucy Jo | Rose | Co-teacher of Rose Mary at Davy Elementary. |
Mrs. | Sanders | Teacher. Hired Jeannette as a babysitter. |
Ms. | Shaw | Jeannette's 3rd grad teacher at Emerson. |
Jim | Smith | Jeannette's uncle. Rose Mary's brother. |
Lilly | Smith | Jeannette's grandmother. Rose Mary's mother. |
Jessica | Taylor | Jeannette's 15-year old step-daughter. |
John | Taylor | Jeannette's husband. |
Cindy | Thompson | Girl in Little Hobart neighborhood. |
Brian | Walls | Jeannette's younger brother. |
Erma | Walls | Jeannette's grandmother. Rex's mother. |
Jeannette | Walls | Narrator. 3rd in the family. aka: Mountain Goat. |
Lilly Ruth M. | Walls | Jeannette's youngest sister. |
Lori | Walls | Jeannette's eldest sister. |
Mary C. | Walls | Jeannette's older sister. Died young. |
Rex | Walls | Jeannette's father. |
Rose Mary | Walls | Jeannette's mother. Has teacher's degree. |
Stanley | Walls | Jeannette's uncle. Rex's brother. |
Ted | Walls | Jeannette's grandfather. Rex's brother. |
Veronica | Walls | Brian's 8-year old daughter. |
Bertha | Whitefoot | Neighbor of the Walls in Battle Mountain. |
Chuck | Yeager | Famous Air Force pilot. Rex's idol. |
Carla | | Jeannette's friend in Battle Mountain, Nevada. |
Carol | | Jeannette's schoolmate at Barnard College. |
Eric | | Jeannette's ex-husband. |
Evan | | Lori's friend in New York. |