1 | Deming | Guo | Protagonist. aka: Daniel Wilkinson. |
| Michael | Chen | Deming's friend. Vivian's son. |
| Travis | Bhopa | Deming's classmate. |
| Tommie | | Deming's neighbor. |
| Leon | Zheng | Polly's boyfriend. |
| Mrs. | Johnson | Deming's co-tenant. |
| Vivian | Zheng | Leon's sister. |
| Polly | Guo | Deming's mother. aka: Guo Peilan. |
| Didi | | Polly's friend and workmate. |
| Hung | | Deming's friend. |
2 | Roland | Fuentes | Deming's bandmate and best friend. |
| Nate | | The guy talking about Vic. |
| Shawn | | Deming's friend. Drummer. |
| Peter | Wilkinson | Deming's American mother. aka: Kay. |
| Adrian | | Roland's roommate. |
| Jim | Hennings | Angel's foster father. Peter's friend. |
| Angel | Hennings | Deming's friend. Chinese adoptive child. |
| Hutch | | The Jupiter booker. |
| Jane | Rust | Helped Hutch. |
| Evan | | The oldest burrito wrapper at Tres Locos. |
| Thad | | Studio owner. |
3 | Yi | Gong | Deming's grandfather. Polly's father. aka: Yi Ba. |
| Scott | | Deming's principal at his first school. |
| Sopheap | | Deming's traitor friend. |
| Elroy | | Demng's friend. |
| Miss | Marie | Deming's former neighbor. |
| Eduardo | | Bodega owner. Deming's former neighbor. |
| Quan | | Didi's husband. |
4 | Chester | | Deming's middle school prncipal. |
| Mrs. | Lumpkin | Deming's teacher. |
| Shawn | Wrecker | Deming's schoolmate. |
| Cody | Campbell | Deming's schoolmate. |
| Emily | Needles | Classmate. Rolan's friend. |
| Jamie | Berry | Peter's case worker from the Foster Care Agency. |
| Amber | Bitburger | Cody's friend. |
| Gary | | Deming's uncle. Kay's brother. |
| Lisio | Fuentes | Roland's mother. |
| Valerie | McClellan | New chairman of Carlough's Department of Economics. |
| Will | Panov | Chairman of Carlough's Department of Economics. |
| Elaine | Hennings | Jim's wife. |
| Lilu | | Angel's friend. |
| Jade | | Angel's friend. |
5 | Kyle | | Deming's poker friend. |
| Richdanger | | Poker player. |
| Carla | Danger | Deming's ex-girlfriend. |
| Timothy | | Michael's step-father. |
6 | Boss | Cheng | Polly's boss. |
| Bo | Qing | Polly's co-worker. |
| Yong | | Polly's new husband. |
| Zhao | | Yong's textile factory partner. |
| Fu | | Walmart buyer. Yong's friend. |
| Lujin | | Zhao's wife. |
7 | Haifeng | Li | Deming's father. Polly's ex-boyfriend. |
| Liling | | Polly's childhood friend. |
| Fang | | Polly's childhood friend. |
| Teacher | Wu | Haifeng's teacher. |
| Guang | | Haifeng's friend. |
| Mrs. | Li | Haifeng's mother. |
| Qing | | Polly's friend. |
| Xuan | | Polly's friend. |
| Foreman | Tung | Polly's boss at the Fuzhou Factory. |
| Jing | | Polly's old classmate. aka: John. |
| Hetty | | Hairdresser. |
| Ming | | Chain smoker waitress. |
8 | Charles | | Angel's boyfriend. |
9 | Javier | | Band leader. |
| Yasmin | | Rolan's friend. |
10 | Cindy | | Didi and Polly's friend. |
| Fetty | | Deming's chicken. |
| Rocky | | Polly's salon manager. |
| Hana | | Polly's friend. |
| Joey | | Nail tech who gossips about Rocky. |
| Coco | | Polly's former co-worker at the Salon. |
| Santiago | | Rocky's son. |
| Michelle | | Rocky's cousin. |
11 | Mei | | Polly's student. aka: Mindy. |
| Kang | | Polly's student. aka: Ken. |
| Zailang | | Zhao's friend. |
| Ning | | Zhailang's wife. |
| Phillip | | Zhailang's son. |
12 | Purvi | | Evan's co-worker. |
| Kevin | | Evan's co-worker. |
13 | Melissa | Schenkmann | Deming's professor. |
| Bryan | Mitchell | Cody's friend. |
| Mike | Evans | Cody's friend. |
15 | Shuang | | Leon's new wife. |
| Yimei | | Shuang and Leon's son. |
17 | Lei | | Polly's friend at Ardsleyville Camp. |
| Mary | | A woman who lived too long. |
| Samara | | Pakistani woman at Ardsleyville Camp. |
19 | Eddie | | Deming's teacher. |
| Tammy | | Deming's teacher. |
| Chun | | Security guard. |