| Danny |
Albright | Police officer |
| Isabella |
Alvarez | Gabriel's girlfriend |
| Raphael |
Alvarez | Gabriel and Isabella's son |
| Johnny |
Baker | Trey's right guard |
| Gail |
Beathard | Trey's wife |
| Trey |
Beathard | Professional football coach |
| Colt |
Bender | Nebraska lineman; Gabriel's teammate |
| Alphonso |
Cartwright | East Bernard's quarterback |
| Charlotte |
Chesterfield | Fisher family's neighbor who took Rachel in |
| Rick |
Dalkey | Stella's brother; former game warden |
| Emily |
Dickinson | American poet |
| Inez |
Edwards | Oliver's mother |
| Oliver |
Edwards | One of the men who assaulted Rachel; turkey farmer |
| Oliver |
Edwards | Turkey farmer living with his mother |
| Caleb |
Fisher | Hannah's son; Rachel's brother |
| Gabriel |
Fisher | Protagonist. Aka: Gabe |
| Hannah |
Fisher | Rachel's mother; Gabriel's grandmother |
| Jasper |
Fisher | Gabriel's brother |
| Josiah |
Fisher | Hannah's husband; Gabriel's grandfather |
| Rachel |
Fisher | Gabriel's mother |
| Zack |
Foster | One of the men who assaulted Rachel |
| Maddie |
Hershberger | Bakery owner |
| JC Beathard |
II | Trey's father; football coach |
| Angela |
Kennedy | Thomas's wife |
| Dorothy |
Kennedy | Thomas's mother; influential woman |
| Thomas |
Kennedy | Veterinarian who helped Rachel give birth to Gabriel |
| Brian |
Kladerman | Dalkey's patriot friend |
| Coach |
Lain | Assistant coach |
| Eli |
Lapp | Town bishop |
| Franz |
Liszt | Hungarian composer |
| Alycia |
Lopez | Jesus and Julio's mother |
| Jesus |
Lopez | Baseball star |
| Julio |
Lopez | Jesus's brother |
| Carol |
Mayfield | Charlie's wife |
| Charlie |
Mayfield | Billy's friend and business partner |
| Amis |
Miller | Minister |
| Merryn |
Mouglalis | French teacher |
| Chinua |
Ngobo | Baseball player from Burkina Faso |
| Dave |
Polkowski | Baseball coach |
| Johnny |
Polkowski | Coach's son |
| Damon |
Quartullo | Dominic's brother; Florida State pitcher |
| Dominic |
Quartullo | Lakota pitcher |
| Duke |
Smithson | Thomas's neighbor who froze to death |
| Estelle |
Smithson | Duke's wife. Aka: Stella |
| Coach |
Spaulding | Assistant coach |
| Amos |
Stolzfus | Gabriel's Amish friend |
| Billy |
Walton | Bar owner; Josiah's friend |
| Virginia |
Woolf | Gabriel's opossum |
| Aaron |
Yoder | Gabriel's Amish friend |
| Absalom |
Yoder | Hannah's father |
| Margaret |
Yoder | Hannah's sister. Aka: Meg |
| Abel |
| Hannah's brother |
| Abiah |
| Hannah's closest friend |
| Anakim |
| Gabriel's wrestling name |
| Angelo |
| Trey's coach |
| Betsy |
| Thomas's favorite hen |
| Birdy |
| Mel's wife |
| Birdy |
| Trey's aunt |
| Brenda |
| Billy's ex-wife |
| Caroline |
| Trey's daughter |
| Delilah |
| Hannah's goat |
| John |
| Hannah's brother |
| Lily |
| Abiah's horse |
| Magdalene |
| Hannah's Alpine goat |
| Mel |
| Rancher; one of Thomas's clients |
| Melinda |
| Birdy's partner |
| Molly |
| Gabriel's physical therapist |
| Rebecca |
| Hannah's goat |
| Ruth Anne |
| Trey's daughter |
| Samuel |
| Thomas's stillborn child |
| The Sheik |
| Wrestling opponent |
| Thomas |
| Hannah's brother |
