1 | Joe | McKennedy | Charlie's friend. |
2 | Mrs. | Underwood | Charlie's Algebra teacher. Shot by Charlie. |
| Ted | Jones | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Sandra | | Charlie's classmate. |
| Billy | Sawyer | Charlie's classmate. |
| Carol | Granger | Charlie's classmate. |
| Charles | Decker | Narrator. Protagonist. aka: Charlie. |
3 | Sandra | Cross | Charlie's classmate. Girl who wears white panties. aka: Sandy. |
| Thomas | Denver | School principal. aka: Tom. |
| Don | Grace | Psychology teacher. |
4 | Mrs. | Green | Typing teacher. |
| Miss | Marble | School receptionist. |
| Ai | Lathrop | Carl's friend. |
| Carl | Decker | Charlie's father. |
5 | Scotty | Norwiss | Carl's friend. |
| Randy | Earl | Carl's friend. |
| Hubie | Levesque | Hunting guide. |
6 | The | Bugle | School rag. |
| John | Carlson | Chemistry teacher. |
8 | Rosanne | Debbins | Charlie's schoolmate. Owns the locker next to Charlie's. |
| Carla | Dench | Charlie's schoolmate. Soaks herself in rosemary every morning. |
| Titus | | Charlie's padlock. |
| Mr. | Johnson | History teacher. |
11 | Irma | Bates | The girl who screamed when Charlie fired a gun. |
| John | Dano | Charlie's classmate who slithered quietly out of his chair. aka: Pig Pen. |
| Peter | Vance | The second teacher Charlie shot. |
| Mike | Gavin | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Harmon | Jackson | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Sarah | Pasterne | Charlie's classmate giggled hysterically when Charlie fired gun. |
| Goerge | Yannick | John's seatmate. |
13 | Jack | Goldman | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Sylvia | Ragan | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Mike | Gavin | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Melvin | Thomas | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Susan | Brooks | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Nancy | Caskin | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Peter | Franklin | Charlie's classmate. Absent when the incident happened. |
| Tom | Decker | Charlie's brother. |
| Don | Lordi | Charlie's Algebra classmate. |
| Jerry | Kesser-Ling | Chief of Police. |
| Waren | Talbot | Former chief of police. Deceased. |
| Mr. | Wolfe | Teacher who called the police. |
14 | Jessie D. | Hannaford | Carl's sister. |
| Brian | Hannaford | Jessie's husband. |
16 | Rita | Decker | Charlie's mother. |
| Sam | Castinguay | Family neighbor. |
17 | Herk | Orville | The kid who ate a mouse. |
| Mrs. | Dano | John's mother. |
18 | Phil | Franks | A student who is good in writing. |
21 | Mr. | Fran-Kel | Owner and proprietor of a jewelry store and camera shop. |
| Lilly | Dano | John's sister. |
| Frank | Philbrick | Head of Maine State Police. |
| Fred | | John's uncle. |
| Annmarie | | Rosalynn's sister. |
| Rosalynn | | Annmarie's sister. |
| Lafollet St. | Armand | A hook-nosed junior. Marine. |
22 | Dicky | Cable | Kid in Carol's party. Charlie's enemy. |
23 | Buck | Thorne | Someone Carol dated. Center of the Placerville Greyhounds. |
| Bob | Stoneham | Coach of the Placerville Greyhounds. aka: Stone Balls. |
| Donna | Taylor | Carol's friend. |
24 | Daniel | Malvern | Policeman in Kent's Hill. |
26 | Pete | McKennedy | Joe's brother. |
| Scragg | Simpson | Pete's friend. |
| Larry | Moeller | Drug pusher. |
| Maynard | Quinn | A boy with dirty playing cards. |
29 | Mr. | Fazio | Janitor. |
| Dr. | Caligari | Psychologist. |
32 | Samuel | Deleavney | Judge in Charlie's case. |
33 | Dr. | Greenberger | Psychologist. |
| Rich | Gossage | Mental insititution admin. |