| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Neelab | Khan | Sitara's best friend. |
| | Sitara | Zamani | Protagonist and narrator. Aka: Star, Anna, Aryana Shephard. |
| | Al-Sufi | | An astronomer and author. |
| | Madar | | Sitara's mother. |
| | Daoud | Khan | Neeab's grandfather. President of Afghanistan. |
| | Jamshid | | The general. |
| | Rostam | Khan | Neelab's brother. |
| | Faheem | Zamani | Sitara's brother. |
| | Sulaiman | Zamani | Sitara's father. Daoud's adviser. Aka: Boba. |
| | Rudyars | Kipling | A British poet. |
| 3 | Sabzi | | The soldier with green eyes. |
| | Kishmish | | The guard. |
| | Darya | | The soldier who sniffled with allergies. |
| | Abdul Shair | Nabi | The silent soldier. Aka: Sham. |
| 4 | Zahir | Shah | Daoud's predecessor. |
| 8 | Tahera | | Shair's wife. |
| 9 | Fareed | Agha | Boba's friend. One of the new leaders. |
| | Mirwais | Khan | Boba's friend. One of the new leaders. |
| | Abdullah | Raheem | Boba's friend. One of the new leaders. |
| 10 | Antonia | Shephard | The American woman who gave shelter to Sitara. Aka: Nia. |
| | Tilly | Shephard | Nia's mother. |
| 11 | George | | Nia's workmate. |
| 16 | Indigo | | The hippie that Tilly met. |
| | Patricia | | Indigo's wife. |
| | Hakim | | Nia's driver. |
| 18 | Ashraf | | Sitara's neighbor. |
| | Aryana | Zamani | Sitara's sister. |
| 21 | Ibn | Sina | The astronomer. |
| 22 | Leo | Harris | The CIA agent. The man who helped Tilly. |
| 28 | Ann | | The child protection services agent. |
| 29 | Janet | | The owner of the foster home. |
| | Everett | | Janet's husband. |
| | Gabriel | | One of Janet's foster children. |
| | Shawna | | One of Janet's foster children. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 33 | Adam | | Sitara's boyfriend. |
| 34 | Dayo | | Sitara's best friend. |
| 36 | Katie | Shipman | Sitara's former classmate. |
| | Mr. | Shipman | Katie's father. A businessman. |
| 37 | Lacey | | Sitara's assistant. |
| | George | Bush | The current U.S. President. |
| 38 | Danny | | Sitara's fellow resident doctor. |
| | Serj | | Sitara's fellow resident doctor. |
| 39 | Clay | Porter | A war journalist. |
| | Selena | | Clay's lover. |
| | Gavin | | Clay's colleague. |
| 40 | Martine | | Sitara's friend. |
| 41 | Horace | Bullard | The man who started the Kansas Fried Chicken. |
| 43 | Ali | Hakim | A Persian peddler. |
| 44 | Inez | | The nurse-in-charge in Sitara's hospital. |
| 47 | Marilyn | | One of Sitara's patients. |
| 48 | Elias | | Shair's grandson. |
| | Kareem | Nabi | Shair's son. |
| 51 | Dr. | Sinks | Sitara's anatomy instructor. |
| 52 | Waleed | | A linguist who drives Sitara to Kabul. |
| | Dr. | Nazari | The doctor at OMAR. |
| 53 | Carla | Stevens | A political officer in the embassy. |
| 54 | Everly | | Dayo's acquaintance. |
| 58 | Nasrat | | The museum head. |
