Likes to think she can boss her younger siblings around even though she isn't the oldest "Little
Man, would you come on? You keep it up and you're gonna make us late" p.9
Second oldest
Stacey
moody "as moody as Stacey's" p.10
Oldest
Little man
Youngest Brother "My youngest brother paid
no attention to me." p.9
six years old "... six-year-old Little man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything
he owned" p.9
Meticulous "Always meticulously neat,
six-year-old Little Man..." p.9
Christopher-John
Short " A short, round boy of seven." p.10
Round Boy "A short, round boy of seven." p.10
Seven" A short, round boy of seven." p.10
Mama
School Teacher "Mama would teach and run
the farm." p.12
Runs the farm " Mama would teach and run the
farm." p.12
Big Ma
Sixty years old "Big Ma, in her sixties..." p.12
Works in the fields and keeps the house "Big Ma, in her
sixties, would work like a woman of twenty in the fields and
keep the house." p.12
Papa
Works on the railroads " That was why Papa had gone to work on the railroad." p.11