| 1 | Susie | Salmon | A 14-year-old girl who was murdered. Narrator. |
| | Juan Ramon | Jimenez | A Spanish poet. |
| | Mrs. | Delmonico | Susie's home economics teacher. |
| | Mr. | Botte | Susie's biology teacher. Susie's favorite teacher. |
| | Mr. George | Harvey | Susie's murderer. |
| | Lindsey | Salmon | Susie's sister. |
| | Mrs. | Stead | The Salmons's neighbor. A therapist. |
| | Franny | | Susie's intake counselor in heaven. |
| | Buckley | Salmon | Susie's baby brother. |
| | Artie | | Susie's weird schoolmate. |
| | Mr. | Gilbert | Susie's neighbor. The dog owner who finds Susie's body. |
| | Len | Fenerman | The detective on Susie's murder case. |
| | Abigail | Salmon | Susie's mother. |
| | Ray | | Indian. Susie's first kiss. |
| | Clarissa | | Susie's friend. |
| 2 | Clive | Saunders | Susie's classmate who walks like a girl. |
| | Holiday | | The Salmons's dog. |
| | Phoebe | Hart | Susie's classmate who has a sizable breast. |
| | Holly | | Susie's roommate in heaven. |
| | Herman | Jade | Owner of Hop Fat. |
| | Nate | | Buckley's friend. |
| | Mrs. | Dewitt | Susie's 9th grade teacher. |
| | Ray | Singh | A boy who had a crush on Susie. |
| | Grandma | Lynn | Susie's grandma. |
| | Mr. | Dewitt | Mrs. Dewitt's husband. A soccer coach. |
| | Danny | Clarke | Susie's classmate. |
| | Sylvia | Henley | Susie's classmate. |
| | Mr. | Caden | The school principal. |
| | Vicki | Kurtz | Susie's schoolmate whose mother died. |
| | Bethel | Utemeyer | The oldest resident on Susie's heaven. |
| 3 | Ruth | Connors | Susie's schoolmate. |
| | Brian | Nelson | Susie's friend. |
| | Mrs. | Kaplan | The social science teacher. |
| | Grace | Tarking | Susie's neighbor who went to a private school. |
| | Jack | Salmon | Susie's father. |
| 4 | Mr. | Tarking | The Salmons's neighbor. Grace's father. |
| | Mrs. | Tarking | Mr. Tarking's wife. Grace's mother. |
| | Mrs. | Flanagan | The Salmons's neighbor. |
| 5 | Leah | Harvey | George's wife. |
| | Samuel | Heckler | Lindsey's boyfriend. |
| | Reverend | Strick | The town's reverend. |
| 6 | Mr. | Peterford | An art teacher in Susie's school. |
| | Mr. | Morton | One of the teachers in Susie's school. |
| | Laurence | Olivier | An actor. |
| | Miss | Ryan | One of the teachers in Susie's school. |
| | Mike | Bayles | Susie's schoolmate. |
| | Jeremiah | | A boy from Louisiana. |
| | Harry | Orland | Susie's schoolmate. |
| | Ruana | Singh | Ray's mother. |
| 7 | Hal | Heckler | Samuel's older brother. |
| 9 | John Kenneth | Galbraith | A Canadian economist. |
| | Jacques | D'Amboise | An American choreographer. |
| 11 | Claire | | A girl from New Jersey. |
| | Joe | Ellis | A boy Susie and Lindsey hates. |
| | Mr. | Stead | Mrs. Stead's husband. |
| 12 | Margaret | Sanger | A girl who looks like a mouse. |
| 13 | Miss | Koekle | Buckley's kindergarten teacher. |
| | Sophie | Cichetti | A woman Mr. Harvey used as his widow. Mr. Harvey's victim. |
| | Jackie | Meyer | Mr. Harvey's victim. |
| | Flora | Hernandez | Mr. Harvey's victim. |
| | Leah | Fox | Mr. Harvey's victim. |
| | Ledia | Johnson | Mr. Harvey's victim. |
| | Wendy | Richter | Mr. Harvey's victim. |
| | Stolfuz | | Owner of a cornfield. |
| 16 | Janis | Joplin | An American songwriter. |
| | Mr. | O'Dwyer | Susie's neighbor who has a gazebo. |
| | Ralph | Cichetti | An ex-prisoner. |
| 18 | Keesha | | Buckley's friend. |
| | Dr. Akhil | Singh | Ray's father. |
| 20 | Nurse | Eliot | Abigail's former nurse. |
| 21 | Mr. | McGahern | Grandma Lynn's first kiss. |
