| | | | Part 1 |
| | Hester | | Narrator's cat. |
| | May | Attaway | Narrator and Protagonist. A gardener. |
| | Susan | Mint | May's co-worker. Aka: Sue. |
| | Blake | O'Dell | May's boss. |
| | Amber | Wright | A writer. |
| | Lindy | Ascoli | May's childhood friend. Aka: Lindy Casacoli. |
| | Elizabeth | | Amber's co-writer. |
| | Earl | Attaway | May's father. |
| | Mrs. | Proffitt | The woman with 9 children. |
| | Bonnie | | A blue taurus. |
| | Leo | Santos | May's friend. Owner of Santos's Garage. |
| | Mrs. | Kim | Owner of a convenience store. |
| | Janine | | The Attaways's neighbor. |
| | Beth | Gould | Earl's friend and neighbor. |
| | Phillip | Gould | Beth's husband. |
| | Heorot | | The famous Palace and Mead Hall. |
| | King | Hrothgar | The king who built the Heorot. |
| | Grendel | | Hrothgar's warriors. |
| | Beowulf | | The protagonist of the movie called Beowulf. |
| | Bella | | Helped Earl. |
| | Henry | | Helped Earl. |
| | Maria | | Sue's partner. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| | Grendel | | May's suitcase. |
| | Samuel | Johnson | An author. |
| | Vanessa | Meyers | May and Lindy's 8th grade friend. |
| | Neera | Khadem | May's college roommate. |
| | Adam | Khadem | Neera's husband. |
| | Rose | Gregory | May's friend. Owner of Santos's garage. |
| | Danielle | Belieu | May's former neighbor and friend. |
| | Max | Casaubon | Lindy's husband. Aka: Max Casacoli. |
| | Mona | Casacoli | Lindy and Max's daughter. |
| | Jessie | Casacoli | Lindy and Max's daughter. |
| | Richard | | Vanessa's husband. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| | Abby | Mara | The reporter. |
| | Katharine | Whiter | A gardener. |
| | Sara | Khadem | Neera and Adam's daughter. |
| | Hestia | | The Goddess of Family and Home. |
| | Rhea | | Hestia's daughter. |
| | | | Part 4 |
| | Mary | | Jesus Christ's mother. |
| | Colby | | Vanessa's stepson. |
| | Sean | | Vanessa's stepson. |
| | Shadow | | Richard and Vanessa's dog. |
| | Hodge | | Samuel Johnson's cat. |
| | James | Bowell | Johnson's friend and biographer. |
| | | | Part 5 |
| | Atlas | | God of Endurance. |
| | William | Jackson | A professor at University of Georgia. |
| | Ben | Attaway | May's brother. |
| | Miranda | Attaway | May's mother. |
