| A | B |
| Rachel Cooper | would like to be a writer |
| Shirley Cooper | works as a secretary |
| Manny Cooper | works as an accountant |
| Phillip Cooper | works as a car salesman |
| Jeremy Cooper | Rachel's favorite brother |
| Izzy Shapiro | worked with concrete |
| Helena Minor | Rachel's girlfriend |
| Alice Farnum | assists Izzy when he falls |
| Lewis Olswanger | loses his locker key |
| Coach Al | interviewed by Rachel for the school newspaper |
| North | Izzy's doctor |
| Wilda Sycora | writer who addressed Rachel's class |
| Alliance | Rachel's high school |
| Thomas Leander | Rachel's boyfriend in fifth grade |
| Rhoda Rivers | the prettiest girl in school |
| Ted Pickens | editor of the school newspaper |
| Orso | art teacher |