Ipphy | Bailey | Jacob's co-patient at the hospital. |
Alistair | Barnes | A boy whose father shot himself in the head. |
Big | Bertha | The ringling. Jacob's boss. |
Alan | Bunkel | The ringmaster. Aka: Uncle Al. |
Grzegorz | Grabowski | Camel's friend. A circus pole. Aka: Greg. |
Catherine | Hale | Jacob's classmate. |
Bucky | Hayes | A boy with an unemployed father who simply wandered off. |
Edmund | Hyde | The bank's lawyer. |
Dinah | Jankowski | Jacob's daughter. |
E. | Jankowski | Jacob's father. |
Jacob | Jankowski | Narrator. |
Joseph | Jankowski | Jacob's son. |
Peter | Jankowski | Jacob's son. |
Ruth | Jankowski | Jacob's daughter. |
Simon | Jankowski | Jacob's son. |
Diamond | Joe | The head horse honcho. Aka: Crazy Joe. |
Buck | Jones | The circus cowboy. |
Lovely | Lucinda | The 885-pound fat girl circus performer. Aka: The Human Ostrich. |
Charles | M. Livingston | A world famous circus performer. |
Willard | McGovern | Jacob's professor. |
Joseph | McGuinty | A retired lawyer. |
Mr. | McPherson | A man who accidentally kills Jacob's parents. |
Reginald | Monty | A boy who tried to live by his car. |
Charlie | O'Brien III | Jacob's new friend. A man who works on circus. |
Frank | Otto | The world's most famous tattooed man. |
Dr. | Rashid | Jacob's doctor. |
August | Rosenbluth | Marlena's husband. The Equestrian director. |
Marlena | Rosenbluth | August's wife. A circus performer. |
Silver | Star | Marlena's favorite horse. The lead horse in the liberty act. |
Mr. | Wilkins | The dean at Jacob's school. |
Henry | Winchester | Jacob's schoolmate who dropped out. |
Albert | | Marlena's friend. |
Barbara | | A circus performer. Marlena's friend. |
Bill | | Camel's friend. |
Blackie | | Camel's friend. |
Boaz | | Silver Star's predecessor. |
Bobo | | One of the circus horses. |
Camel | | A man who introduced Jacob to the circus. |
Cecil | | Camel's friend. The sideshow talker. |
Charlie | | Jacob's circus co-worker. |
Clive | | The man who handles the cat in menagerie. |
Dick | | The bullman at Nesci Brother's circus. |
Doris | | Jacob's co-patient at the hospital. |
Earl | | A man who took care of Jacob in circus. |
Edward | | Jacob's roommate. |
Ezra | | One of the circus workers. |
Grady | | One of the Circus's flyers. Jacob's friend. |
Hazel | | Jacob's companion in the hospital. |
Isabelle | | Jacob's granddaughter. |
Jimmy | | One of the circus boys. Jacob's co-walker. |
Kinko | | Jacob's circus co-worker. Aka: Walter. |
Leo | | Another circus tiger. |
Lottie | | The aerialist. Marlena's friend. |
Nell | | Barbara's friend. |
Norma | | Jacob's co-patient at the hospital. |
Otis | | Jacob's circus co-worker. |
Pete | | Jacob's co-worker. |
Queenie | | Kinko's dog. |
Rex | | The circus tiger. |
Rosemary | | Jacob's nurse. |
Rosie | | August's new elephant. |
Wade | | One of the circus boys. Jacob's co-walker. |
Will | | Camel's circus co-worker. |