| A | B |
|---|
| Stanley Yelnats | finds a pair of fancy tennis shoes and is accused of stealing them |
| Kissing Kate Barlow | a bandit known for kissing her victims |
| Mr Sir | has a tattoo of a rattlesnake on his arm |
| Mr Pendanski | has a thick black beard and a balding head |
| Squid | white kid in Work Group D (nickname) |
| X ray | wears thick glasses (nickname) |
| Barf Bag | bitten by a rattlesnake (nickname) |
| Magnet | got his nickname because he has sticky fingers (nickname) |
| Armpit | one of the biggest boys in Work Group D (nickname) |
| Zigzag | has frizzy, wild blond hair (nickname) |
| Zero | always finishes digging his hole first (nickname) |
| Clyde Sweet Feet | famous baseball player who donates a pair of beautiful tennis shoes to an auction |
| Derrick Dunne | school bullywho steals a notebook and throws it into the toilet |
| Elya Yelnats | responsible for the curse on the family because he did not fulfill a promise |
| Myra Menke | beautiful but empty-headed young woman |
| Igor Barkov | 57-year-old pig farmer |
| Madame Zeroni | elderly and has lost her left foot |
| Sarah Miller | smart and can do chores like milking and plowing |
| The Warden | tall, red-haired, freckle-faced woman who paints her fingernails with dark red nail polish |
| Caveman | Stanley's nickname |
| Alan | Squid's real name |
| Rex | X-Ray's real name |
| Jose | Magnet's real name |
| Theodore | Armpit's real name |
| Ricky | Zigzag's real name |
| Hector | Zero's real name |
| Lewis | Barf Bag's real name |
| Trout Walker | has smelly feet from a foot fungus |
| Dr. Hawthorne | used an onion treatment on his bald head |
| Sam | the Onion Man |
| Mary Lou | Sam's donkey |
| Hattie Parker | first to see Sam and Kate kissing |
| Sheriff | drank whiskey |
| Linda Miller | young red-headed student in old Green Lake |
| Twitch | Brian's nickname |
| Brian | likes cars (real name) |
