| Mr. | Al | Kimberly's neighbor. |
| Annette | Avery | Kimberly's friend. |
| Mrs. | Avery | Annette's mother. |
| Mr. | Bogart | Kimberly's teacher. |
| Chelsea | Brown | An American actress. |
| Kimberly | Chang | Protagonist and Narrator. Aka: Ah-Kim, Kim Chang. |
| Mrs. | Chang | Kimberly's mother. Aka: Ma. |
| Dr. | Copeland | The director of Science and Math department. |
| Mr. | Ho | Pete's father. |
| Pete | Ho | Kimberly's patient. |
| Mr. | Jamali | The theater director. |
| Miss | Kumar | The black teacher at Kimberly's school. |
| Mrs. | LaGuardia | The school principal. |
| Tall Guy | Lam | Kimberly's schoolmate. |
| Tyrone | Marshall | Kimberly's black classmate. |
| Mr. | N | The businessman in Taiwan. |
| Mr. | Pak | One of the men at the steamers. |
| Mrs. | Reynolds | Kimberly's teacher. |
| Mr. | Scoggins | Kimberly's social studies teacher. |
| Dr. | Weston | Mrs. Avery's acquaintance. The woman who helped Kimberly. |
| Fat Boy | Wong | Kimberly's schoolmate. |
| Matt | Wu | The boy Kimberly falls in love with. |
| Mr. | Wu | Matt's father. |
| Mrs. | Wu | Matt's mother. |
| Parker | Wu | Matt's brother. |
| Bob | | Kimberly's American uncle. |
| Curt | | Kimberly's schoolmate. |
| Duncan | | Greg's friend. |
| Elizabeth | | Greg's friend. |
| Emily | | The lead in the play called "Our Town". |
| Ginny | | Greg's friend. |
| Godfrey | | Kimberly's cousin. Bob and Paula's son. |
| Greg | | Kimberly's schoolmate. |
| Jason | | Kimberly and Matt's son. |
| Kerry | | Kimberly's English tutor. |
| Louisa | | Mr. Wu's girlfriend. |
| Luke | | Kimberly's classmate. |
| Mei-Mei | | Kimberly's friend from Hong Kong. |
| Nelson | | Kimberly's cousin. Bob and Paula's son. |
| Paula | | Mrs. Chang's sister. Kimberly's aunt. |
| Samantha | | Kimberly's acquaintance. |
| Sheryl | | Kimberly's schoolmate. |
| Tammy | | Kimberly's school bus mate. |
| Tommy | | Mrs. Avery's cat. |
| Vivian | | Matt's girlfriend. |
