Dude...You're DIFFERENT
This person was SO excited about Geometry that when his teacher gave him and old book, he threw it at the teacher's head...
Junior
An alcoholic who usually doesn't have money for gas but sometimes gives his kid money or drives him to school
Junior's dad
Grandma Spirit
killed by a drunk driver
This person makes fun of Junior's name on his first day at Reardan School
Penelope
This person is an alcoholic that sometimes gives Junior a ride to school when he is not too drunk
Junior's Dad
Before running away to get married, this person had dreams of being a writer, but instead spent all her time in the basement of her house
Mary (junior's sister)
Junior says this person is a racist. This person threatened to kick his daughter out of the house if she brings home any "charcoal babies"
Penelope's father, (Earl)
Eugene (Junior's dad's best friend)
shot in the face by a drunk friend
This person "turns red" and gets angry at Junior for correcting him about petrified wood.
Mr. Dodge
This person wears a house dress, basketball sneakers, and a bandanna. This person also gives Junior advice after he punched Roger at school.
Junior's Grandmother
This person fights boys, girls, men, women, teachers, stray dogs and even punches at the rain sometimes
Rowdy
An alcoholic who beats his son. He called Junior "a little gay" when he comes to the house to drop off a picture for his friend
Rowdy's dad
Mary (Junior's sister)
Junior punches this person in the face for making a racist joke about Indians
Roger
better than any person Junior had ever known but gets sick at the beginning of the book so Junior's father has to kill him
Junior's dog Oscar
This person is bald, about 4 feet tall, weighs about 50 pounds and sometimes comes to school/work in his pajamas
Mr. P
Mary's brother, and the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Spirit
Junior
Oscar (Junior's dog)
got sick so Junior's dad had to shoot him
This person is too hungover most days to drive Junior to school
Junior's dad
This person looks like Jennifer Lopez, and wears shoplifted jeans from Macy's. They once wanted to be a romance writer but now they never leave the basement
Mary (Junior's sister)
This person gets way too excited about computers and books
Gordy
Mary's mother, Arthur Spirit Sr's wife, likes to read, her son likes to draw cartoons and was born with hydrocephalus or "water on the brain"
Junior's mom
no one else died
this is a blank space
Junior comes home from Reardan one day to find out this person randomly ran away to get married
Mary (Junior's sister)
This is Junior's family's last name
Spirit