| A | B |
|---|
| Jeffery Lionel Magee | Maniac's real name |
| Amanda Beale | carries her books in a suitcase |
| Mars Bar Thompson | Baddest kid in the east end |
| John McNab | a pitcher that can't strike out Maniac |
| Piper and Russell | Brothers of John McNab, Maniac helps them |
| Earl Grayson | Struck out Willie Mays, works at the zoo, dies |
| Hester and Lester | Amanda Beale's siblings |
| Mrs. Beale | Amanda's mom who lets Maniac live with them |
| Mr. Cobble | Owns the store where the knot is kept |
| The Pickwells | A family who provides spaghetti to whoever shows up at their house |
| Where Piper and Russell are running away to | Mexico |
| What Maniac wins when he unties Cobble's knot | a year supply of pizza |
| The street that divides the West End from the East End | Hector street |
| The town where Maniac lives | Two Mills |
| What is written on the window of the Beale's | Fish Belly |
| Where Maniac invites Mars Bar | Birthday party at the McNabs |
| The scary house that Maniac goes in | the Finsterwald house |
| Aunt Dot and Uncle Don | Maniac's relatives who never speak to each other |
| James "Hands" Down | Gets a pass intercepted by Maniac |
| A trolley wreck | How Maniac's parents are killed when he is three |
