THE NICKEL BOYS Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Kristian Fabricante

CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION Pro Jody   An archaeology student from the University of Florida.   Professor Carmine Jody's professor.   John Hardy Retired carpet salesman. Maintained website. Aka: Big John.   Elwood Curtis The Nickel Boy who lived in New York. Protagonist. Aka: El.       Part One. 1 Martin Luther King The reverend. Aka: Dr. King.   Harriet Johnson Elwood's grandmother.   Yolanda King Martin Luther's daughter.   Mr. Parker The hotel manager at the Richmond Hotel. Elwood's employer.   Barney   The cook. Elwood's co-worker.   Cory   The busboy. Elwood's co-worker.   Pete   One of the new dishwashers. Elwood's co-worker.   Len   The gray-haired waiter. Elwood's co-worker. 2 Mr. Marconi The proprietor of the tobacco shop. Elwood's employer.   Vincent   Mr. Marconi's long-time stock boy.   Mrs. Thomas One of the people from Elwood's block.   Evelyn Curtis Harriet's daughter. Elwood's mother.   Larry   The boy who grabbed the candies at Mr. Marconi's shop.   Willie   Larry's friend.   Percy Curtis Elwood's father. 3 Mr. Hill Elwood's history teacher.   Thomas Jackson A confederate general during the American Civil War.   Marie-Jean   Thomas's girlfriend.   Anne   Elwood's classmate.   Monty Johnson Harriet's husband   Marlon Brando The sheriff.   Bill Tuddy A basketball varsity player from Lincoln High.   Alvin Tate A basketball varsity player from Lincoln High.   Cameron Parker The son of Richmond's manager.   Peter Coombs Harriet's neighbor.   Rodney   A boy that Elwood met.       Part Two. 4 Maynard Spencer The police superintendent who sent Elwood to Nickel Campus.   Franklin Bill Elwood's colleague at Nickel Campus.   Mr. Loomis The man who processed the boys at Nickel Campus.   Blakeley   The boy who's in charge at Elwood's dormitory.   Mr. Goodall One of the teachers at Nickel Campus.   Desmond   Elwood's dorm mate.   Pat   Elwood's dorm mate. 5 Jack Turner Elwood's close friend at Nickel Campus.   Griff   The bully boy at Nickel Campus.   Lonnie   Griff's friend.   Jamie   Elwood's leader at Nickel Campus.   Carter   One of the house black men at Nickel Campus.   Birdy   The Cleveland's student captain at Nickel Campus.   Corey   The boy who was bullied at Nickel Campus.   Black Mike Lonnie's partner.   Phil   One of the white housemen. 6 Eark   One of the housemen at Nickel Campus. 7 Mr. Andrews A young lawyer from Atlanta.   Dr. Cooke One of the doctors at Nickel.   Wilma   A nurse at Nickel Campus.   Trevor Nickel The person Nickel Campus is named after.   Sonny Liston The boxer.   Cassius Clay Sonny's opponent. 8 Harper   A boy who worked in community service.   Smitty   An older boy from Roosevelt dormitory.   Lucille   Harper's aunt.   Director Hardee The Nickel Campus director.   Mrs. Davis Conrad's wife.   Conrad Davis Mrs. Davis's husband. The fire chief.   Mr. Garfield A friend of the Everett's. Turner's former employer.   Lou   Turner's former co-worker. 9 Terry Burns Boy sent to Nickel for strangling neighbor's chicken. Aka: Doc.   Axel Parks The former boxing champ at Nickel.   Max David The Mississippian-colored coach.   Dr. Campbell The Nickel Campus's psychologist.   Cherry   Griff's sparing mate.   Charles Grayson The banker. A long time Nickel supporter.   Big Chet The white boxing contender.   Pettibone   Griff's boxing opponent.   Wilson   One of the boxers at Nickel. 10 Miss Baker A young teacher at Nickel.   Ellie   Jaimie's mother.   Duggin   Elwood's classmate.   Wainwright   Elwood's classmate.   Mr. Tolliver A businessman.   Mavis   Turner's aunt.   Clarence Turner Turner's father.   Ishmael   Mavis's boyfriend.   Eleanor   A pharmacy owner.   Hennepin   A man who replaced Earl as a housemen. 11 Sidney Poitier A convict chained to Tony Curtis who ran to the swamp.   Tony Curtis Sidney's co-prisoner.   Denise   A girl that Larry likes. 12 Clayton Smith One of Nickel's famous escapees.   Freddie Rich The housemaster of Roosevelt during Clayton's time at Nickel.   Bell Smith Clayton's sister.   Mr. Simmons A retired Mayor.   Mr. Lewis Clayton's old landlord.   Burt   One of the students from Cleveland.   Chickie Pete Elwood's old friend at Nickel. 14 Edward Childs A former county supervisor.   Bertram Childs Edward's father.   Terrance Crowe A man who's in charge of the boys in Nickel.   Jackie Gleason One of the housemen at Nickel Campus.   JFK   Gleason's colleague.   Mayberry   Gleason's colleague.   Faubus   The Governor.   Mr. Gladwell Managed the planting and harvesting at Nickel Campus. 15 Yvette   Elwood's secretary.   Millie Curtis Elwood's wife.   Jack Coker Elwood's predecessor.   Lester   One of the students from Cleveland.   Tom   Elwood's friend.