| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Ivy | Lin | Protagonist. |
| | Meifeng | Miao | Ivy's maternal grandmother. |
| | Nan | Miao-Lin | Ivy's mother. |
| | Shen | Lin | Ivy's father. |
| | Austin | Lin | Ivy's brother. |
| | Ping | | Nan's younger sister. Ivy's aunt. |
| | Gideon | Speyer | The boy that Ivy likes. |
| | Liza | Johnson | One of Ivy's schoolmates. |
| 2 | Roux | Roman | Ivy's neighbor. The boy who knows Ivy's thieving. Ivy's close friend. |
| | Ernesto | | Roux's enemy. |
| | Mr. | Moretti | Owner of Morello's Deli Shop. Ernesto's father. |
| | Irena | Roman | Roux's mother. Mr. Moretti's lover. |
| | Nikki | Satterfield | Violet's sister. One of Ivy's schoolmates. |
| | Violet | Satterfield | One of Ivy's schoolmates. |
| | Henry | Fitzgerald | One of Ivy's schoolmates. Gideon's friend. |
| | Blake | Whitney | One of Ivy's schoolmates. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 4 | Hong | | Ivy's aunt. |
| | Sunrin | Zhao | Shen's cousin. |
| | Yin | Miao | Meifeng's husband. Ivy's maternal grandfather. |
| | Anming | Wu | The boy Nan admired. |
| 5 | Uncle | Wang | Sunrin's daughter. |
| | Ying | Ying | Aunt Hong's elder daughter. |
| | Wang Yan | Jiu | Aunt Hong's younger daughter. Aka: Jojo. |
| | Kai | | The boy Jojo likes. |
| | Wuling | | Kai's friend. |
| 6 | Feifei | | Ping's child. |
| | Tong | | Ping's child. |
| | Sarah | Wilson | The girl Ivy befriended. Ivy's classmate. |
| | Brett | Wilson | Sarah's brother. A varsity. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 7 | Arabella | Whitaker | Ivy's student. Sylvia Speyer's cousin. |
| | Leonine | | Arabella's baby sister. |
| | Ellen | Whitaker | Arabella's mother. |
| | Andrea | | Ivy's roommate. |
| | Daniel | Sullivan | Ivy's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Matheo | | Sylvia's French friend. |
| | Ted | Speyer | Gideon's father. |
| | Caroline | Whitaker-Speyer | Gideon's mother. Aka: Poppy. |
| | Nicolas | | A photographer. |
| | Tom | Cross | Gideon's best friend. |
| | Marybeth | Hamill | Tom's girlfriend. |
| 9 | Roland | Wellington | Andrea's co-founder. |
| | Christine | Masterman | Andrea's friend and colleague. Aka: Chris. |
| | Kevin | Zhao | Son of Ping's friend. Aka: KZ. |
| 10 | Dave | Finley | One of Gideon's investors. |
| | Liana | Finley | Dave's wife. |
| | Coco | Finley | Dave and Liana's daughter. |
| | Ralph | Li-Ping | A designer. |
| 11 | Victor | Sokolov | Sylvia's close friend. A cellist. |
| | Uncle | Jack | Gideon's uncle. |
| | Bobby | | Gideon's uncle. |
| 12 | Pepper | | Sylvia's cat. |
| | Natalie | | Sylvia's old friend. |
| | Beaver | | Tom's old cat. |
| | Miriam | Cross | Tom's mother. |
| 13 | Francis | | Sylvia's cousin. |
| | Patrick | | The governor. |
| 14 | Cynthia | | Poppy's friend. |
| | Mr. | Scollock | Gideon's neighbor. |
| | Grand | Cuffy | Gideon's grandma. |
| | | | Part 4 |
| 16 | Jeremy | Lier | Sylvia's new boyfriend. |
| | John | Whitaker | Arabella's father. |
| 17 | Baldasarre | Moretti | Mr. Moretti's son. |
| 18 | Kang | Ru | One of Ivy's college friends. |
| | Norman | Moorefield | The man Andrea dated. |
| 19 | Mu | Xiao | A communist. |
| | Xin | Chang | Nan's father. |
| | Mimi | | Shen's employee. |
