| 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. |