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