| Mike | Armstrong | Owner, editor of The Phoenix Weekly. |
| Ms. | Beatty | Principal at Battle Mountain School. |
| Mr. | Becker | Owner of Becker's Jewel Box. |
| Jeanette | Bivens | English teacher. Faculty advisor. |
| Carrie Mae | Blankenship | One of Jeannette's classmates. |
| Mr. | Blankenship | Carrie's father. Administrator at Hospital. |
| Ms. | Caparossi | English teacher at Welch Elementary School. |
| Ms. | Cook | Jeannette's teacher. |
| Billy | Deel | Juvenile delinquent. aka: The Devil. |
| Mrs. | Ellis | Jeannette's 4th grade teacher at Emerson. |
| Ken | Fink | Filmmaker from New York City. |
| Mr. | Freeman | Next-door neighbor of the Walls. |
| Peanut | Freeman | Freeman's son. |
| Prissy | Freeman | Freeman's daughter. |
| Ms. | Fuchs | Political Science Professor at Barnard College. |
| Ernie | Goad | Bully. |
| Kenny | Hall | 42-year old retarded neighbor of the Walls. |
| Dinitia | Hewitt | Jeannette's classmate. A bully. |
| Mr. | Jack | Principal of Welch High School. |
| Ms. | Katon | Guidance Counselor at Welch High School. |
| Mr. | Muckenfuss | Editor of The Welch Daily News. |
| Carol | Noe | Karen's sister. |
| Karen | Noe | Lives in the neighborhood. |
| Ms. | Paige | Jeannette's teacher at Mary S. Black School. |
| Clarence | Pastor | Ginnie's husband. |
| Ginnie Sue | Pastor | Walls neighbor with 8 daughters and 1 son. |
| Kathy | Pastor | Ginnie's oldest daughter. |
| Lucy Jo | Rose | Co-teacher of Rose Mary at Davy Elementary. |
| Mrs. | Sanders | Teacher. Hired Jeannette as a babysitter. |
| Ms. | Shaw | Jeannette's 3rd grad teacher at Emerson. |
| Jim | Smith | Jeannette's uncle. Rose Mary's brother. |
| Lilly | Smith | Jeannette's grandmother. Rose Mary's mother. |
| Jessica | Taylor | Jeannette's 15-year old step-daughter. |
| John | Taylor | Jeannette's husband. |
| Cindy | Thompson | Girl in Little Hobart neighborhood. |
| Brian | Walls | Jeannette's younger brother. |
| Erma | Walls | Jeannette's grandmother. Rex's mother. |
| Jeannette | Walls | Narrator. 3rd in the family. aka: Mountain Goat. |
| Lilly Ruth M. | Walls | Jeannette's youngest sister. |
| Lori | Walls | Jeannette's eldest sister. |
| Mary C. | Walls | Jeannette's older sister. Died young. |
| Rex | Walls | Jeannette's father. |
| Rose Mary | Walls | Jeannette's mother. Has teacher's degree. |
| Stanley | Walls | Jeannette's uncle. Rex's brother. |
| Ted | Walls | Jeannette's grandfather. Rex's brother. |
| Veronica | Walls | Brian's 8-year old daughter. |
| Bertha | Whitefoot | Neighbor of the Walls in Battle Mountain. |
| Chuck | Yeager | Famous Air Force pilot. Rex's idol. |
| Carla | | Jeannette's friend in Battle Mountain, Nevada. |
| Carol | | Jeannette's schoolmate at Barnard College. |
| Eric | | Jeannette's ex-husband. |
| Evan | | Lori's friend in New York. |
