| A | B |
|---|
| Cassie Logan | The narrator and the protagonist. |
| Little Man | Clayton Chester Logan is the youngest Logan. |
| Stacey Logan | The oldest Logan who is part-adult, part-child. |
| Christopher-John | The second youngest of the Logan children. |
| Papa | David Logan is Cassie's father. |
| Mama | Mary Logan is Cassie's mother and a school teacher. |
| Uncle Hammer | Papa's brother who lives in Chicago and is short tempered. |
| Big Ma | Caroline Logan is Papa's mother and runs the Logan farm. |
| T.J. Avery | A trouble-making friend of Stacey's. |
| Jeremy Simms | A white boy who is friends with the Logan childern. |
| Lillian Jean Simms | A prissy seventh grader. |
| Melvin and R.W. Simms | The brothers who pretend to be friends with T.J. |
| L.T. Morrison | He works on the Logan farm. |
| Mr. Jamison | A local white lawyer. |
| The Wallace Family | They run the general store. They are violent, brutal people. |
| Harlan Granger | A rich plantation owner who wants to buy back the Logan's land. |
