| Mr. | Anderson | The railroad agent. |
| Mr. | Baxter | The railroad agent. |
| Alma | Bergen | Nora and Finn's mother. |
| Annie | Bergen | Walter's wife. |
| Emmett | Bergen | Walter's grandfather. |
| Finnegan | Bergen | Nora's twin brother. |
| Nora | Bergen | Alma's daughter. |
| Pete | Bergen | An engineer. Walter's father. |
| Sarah | Bergen | Emmett's wife. |
| Walter | Bergen | A senior operator. |
| Wendy | Bergen | Walter's daughter. |
| Mr. | Best | Abe's business partner. George's new boss. |
| Arwen | Bolton | Mr. Trompette's associate. |
| Bill | Boyce | Walter's worker. |
| Mrs. | Carlsen | Luyu's landlady. |
| Alice | Chen | Wu Chen and Ai Lu's daughter. |
| Jack | Chen | Wu Chen and Ai Lu's son. |
| Wu | Chen | Jenny's ancestor. Li Jun's nephew. |
| Kevin | Chen-Murphy | Jenny's little brother. |
| Tyler | Chen-Murphy | Jenny and Todd's son. |
| Winston | Chen-Murphy | Jenny and Todd's son. |
| Carmel | Christian | One of the basketball players. |
| Tavon | Clayton | Malik's best friend. |
| Will | Cobb | A barber emporium owner. George's friend. |
| Coach | Cook | A basketball coach. |
| Mr. | Dwyer | One of Malik's bosses. |
| Millard | Filmore | The President. |
| Brianna | Flowers | Malik's mother. |
| Cora | Flowers | A kitchen worker. George's wife. |
| Gale | Flowers | Cora and George's baby. |
| Malik | Flowers | Brianna's son. An aspiring basketball
player. |
| Mr. | Green | One of Malik's bosses. |
| Miss | Heinlin | The asylum's matron. |
| Mr. | Hickinbotham | The solicitor assigned to Abe's
fortune. |
| Mr. | Higgins | The bank's security guard. |
| Kahlil | Howard | One of the basketball players. |
| Jimmy | Huang | Wu Chen's friend. |
| Johhny | Huang | Jimmy's brother. |
| Tommy | Huang | Jimmy's brother. |
| Mr. | Hubert | The bank's security guard. |
| Michael | Jr. | One of Malik's basketball students. |
| Li | Jun | Wu Chen's uncle. |
| Calvin | Kearse | One of the basketball players. |
| Don | LoPriori | Brianna's boss. |
| Tina | LoPriori | Don's wife. |
| Ai | Lu | Wu Chen's wife. |
| Coach | McCarthy | Malik's basketball coach. Aka: Coach M. |
| Lamar | Meeks | The man who helped Finn. |
| Davie | Mitchell | Todd's old frat brother. |
| Aileen | Murphy | The woman who helped Alma. |
| Miss | O'Hara | The second matron. |
| Kayla | Ramsey | Malik's math tutor. |
| Eli | Ross | The wagon driver. |
| Master | Searles | The director of Catholic Orphan Asylum. |
| Abraham | Seymour | Warnock's business partner. Aka: Abe. |
| Alex | Seymour | Abe's father. |
| Deborah | Seymour | Abe's mother. |
| Marilyn | Seymour | Abe's wife. |
| Silas | Seymour | Abe's brother. |
| Thom | Spragg | Abe's blacksmith mentor. |
| Gladys | Springer | Finn's landlady. |
| Mr. | Thorpe | One of Malik's bosses. |
| Mr. | Trembly | Mr. Trompette's associate. |
| Mr. | Trompette | Abe's solicitor. |
| John | Tully | Luyu's husband. |
| Laila | Tully | Boaz's partner. |
| Luyu | Tully | John's wife. Aka: Elizabeth. |
| Malilah | Tully | Laila's grandma. |
| Jamal | Victor | One of the basketball players. |
| Hans | Vogel | Finn's adoptive father. |
| Katrin | Vogel | Finn's adoptive mother. |
| Worthy | Warnock | Othello's boss. Abe's business partner. |
| Colonel | Whitworth | The first U.S. dragon regiment
colonel. |
| Darnell | Woods | Malik's father. |
| Mr. | Yount | The reverend. |
| Mrs. | Yount | The reverend's wife. |
| A-Jack | | Malik's teammate. |
| Barnes | | A detective. |
| Becka | | The girl Laila befriended. |
| Boaz | | Laila's abusive partner. |
| Braddock | | One of Mr. Best's servants. |
| Cal | | Walter's brakeman. |
| Carlyle | | A widow ranchman. Finn's employer. |
| Charlotte | | One of Mr. Best's servants. |
| Clifton | | One of Abe's servants. Nora's father. |
| Cromwell | | A meatpacking magnate. |
| Dan | | Laila's ex-boyfriend. |
| Dash | | Abe's terrier. |
| Dennis | | Laila's supervisor. |
| Desmond | | One of Malik's basketball students. |
| DK | | The man Laila met. |
| Donato | | The Mexican who helped Luyu. |
| Duane | | Tam's boyfriend. |
| Earl | | One of Malik's basketball students. |
| Eddie | | Malik's teammate. |
| Edmund | | The butler. |
| Esme | | One of Mr. Best's servants. |
| Ezra | | One of Mr. Best's servants. |
| Finnegan | | Walter's great-great-grandfather. |
| Franklin | | One of Mr. Best's servants. |
| Genie | | Laila's cousin. |
| Haskins | | Malik's teammate. |
| Henry | | Abe's carriage driver. |
| Hollingsworth | | Abe's headmaster. |
| Istu | | John and Luyu's son. Aka: Izzy. |
| James | | One of the orphans. |
| Kiku | | John and Luyu's son. Aka: Kiki. |
| Kit | | Wendy's fiancé. |
| Kyle | | The floor manager. |
| Macy | | Walter's colleague. |
| Maddie | | Macy's daughter. |
| Malcolm | | Mr. Best's butler. |
| Mcready | | The sheriff at Mariposa Springs. |
| Melanie | | The shop owner. |
| Monty | | Walter's worker. |
| Nate | | Walter's worker. |
| Neely | | One of the basketball players. |
| Othello | | Warnock's servant. Aka: George Flowers. |
| Parson | | A shop owner. |
| Paul | | Tyler and Winston's grandfather. |
| Payton | | Laila's workmate. |
| Penelope | | One of the orphans. |
| Ramsey | | One of the basketball players. |
| Rashard | | One of Malik's basketball students. |
| Rudy | | One of Malik's basketball students. |
| Russ | | Luyu's captor. |
| Sharon | | Walter's worker. |
| Snell | | A blacksmith. |
| Sugar | | The old mare. |
| Sullivan | | One of the orphans. |
| Tam | | Laila's workmate and friend. |
| Tanya | | Macy's daughter. |
| Ted | | Tyler and Winston's uncle. |
| Terry | | One of Malik's basketball students. |
| Trent | | Laila's ex-boyfriend. |
| Wang | | Wu Chen's landlord. The stall owner. |
