| Caroline | Balter | Harold's mother. |
| Drew | Balter | The Baptist kid. |
| Harry | Balter | Joanne's boyfriend. |
| Mrs. | Balter | A needlework teacher. |
| Robin | Balter | The boy who saw the fire. |
| Taylor Franklin | Bankole | Harry's companion. Lauren's lover. |
| Dorotea | Cruz | One of Cory's best friends. |
| Russel | Dory | Joanne and Harry's grandfather. |
| Travis Charles | Douglas | One of the refugees. Natividad's husband. |
| Allison | Dunn | Marie's twin. |
| Amy | Dunn | The girl who started a fire. Tracy's daughter. Cory's student. |
| Craig | Dunn | Siti's lover. |
| Edwin | Dunn | One of Lauren's neighbors. |
| Marie | Dunn | Allison's twin. |
| Silvia | Dunn | Lauren's friend. |
| Tracy | Dunn | Amy's mother. |
| Jay | Garfield | Joanne's father. |
| Joanne | Garfield | Lauren's friend. |
| Phillida | Garfield | Joanne's mother. |
| Jillian | Gilchrist | Lauren's new companion. A prostitute. |
| Alicia Catalina | Godinez Leal | A chemist who spends her life heading for Mars. |
| Laticia | Hsu | The woman who was stabbed 40 times. |
| Robert | Hsu | Astronomy teacher. |
| Mr. | Ibarra | Wood-carving class teacher. |
| Yolanda | Ibarra | Jorge's brother. |
| Jorge | Iturbe | Bianca's lover. |
| Celia | Iturbe Cruz | Jorge's sister. |
| Julia | Lincoln | One of the watchers. |
| Alejandro | Montoya | One of the watchers. |
| Bianca | Montoya | One of Lauren's neighbors. |
| Doe | Mora | Grayson's daughter. |
| Grayson | Mora | One of the members of Lauren's group. |
| Christopher | Morpeth Donner | Presidential candidate. |
| Aura | Moss | Lauren's friend. |
| Peter | Moss | Lauren's brother. |
| Richard | Moss | Peter and Aura's father. |
| Siti | Moss | Richard's eldest daughter. |
| Zarah | Moss | Lauren's friend. |
| Bennett | Olamina | Lauren's stepbrother. |
| Cory | Olamina | Lauren's stepmother. |
| Gregory | Olamina | Lauren's stepbrother. |
| Lauren | Olamina | Narrator. Protagonist. |
| Wardell | Parrish | Mrs. Sims's relative. |
| Rosalee | Payne | Mrs. Sims's relative. |
| Hector | Quintanilla | Lauren's boyfriend. |
| Rubin | Quintanilla | Dorotea's brother. |
| | Rev. Olamina | Lauren's father. Baptist minister. |
| | Rev. Robinson | Rev. Olamina's friend. |
| Justin | Rohr | The boy Lauren's group helped. |
| Richard Walter | Rohr | Justin's father. |
| Sandra | Rohr | Deceased. |
| Marjorie | Sims | A church member who shot herself. Deceased. |
| William Turner | Smith | The current President. |
| Emery Tanaka | Solis | Lauren's new companion. |
| Tori | Solis | Emery's daughter. |
| Curtis | Talcott | Lauren's boyfriend. |
| Michael | Talcott | Curtis's brother. |
| Layla | Yannis | Shani's oldest daughter. |
| Mr. | Yannis | Dentist. Deceased. |
| Mrs. | Yannis | Lauren's neighbor. |
| Alexandra | | Bankole's sister. |
| Allison | | Lauren's new companion. A prostitute. |
| Derek | | Amy's uncle. Rapist. |
| Dominic | | Travis and Natividad's son. |
| Don Casey | | Alexandra's husband. |
| Harold | | Joanne's cousin. |
| Hector | | Dorotea's brother. |
| Karen | | One of the wives of Richard Moss. |
| Keith | | Lauren's brother. |
| Marcus | | Lauren's brother. |
| Natalie | | One of the wives of Richard Moss. |
| Natividad | | Travis's wife. |
| Sharon | | Bankole's wife. Deceased. |
| Zahra | | One of the wives of Richard Moss. |
