Minor Characters
Doc Hawthorn
Doc Hawthorn is the doctor in 1880s Green Lake. Residents of Green Lake seek out both Doc Hawthorn's services as well as Sam's onion potions, and neither man is bothered by this arrangement. Doc Hawthorn himself uses an onion cream for balding.
Linda Walker
Linda Walker is Trout Walker's wife. Though Kate remembers Linda as one of her former students (and a pleasant one), after her marriage, Linda becomes just as cold and mean as her husband.
Squid/Alan
Squid is one of the boys in Tent D. When Stanley is released from Camp Green Lake, Squid asks him to call his mother and relay to her that he's sorry, using his given name, Alan.
Magnet/José
Magnet is a Mexican boy in Tent D. He implies that he was arrested for theft, and he steals Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds at camp. During one of Mr. Pendanski's conversations, Magnet suggests he'd like to train animals for movies.
Armpit/Theodore
Aside from Stanley, Armpit is the biggest boy in Tent D. He's often angry and can be violent.
Mrs. Tennyson
A woman in Green Lake who thanks Sam for curing her daughter with onions.
Barf Bag
The boy whose place Stanley takes at Camp Green Lake. He left the camp and was hospitalized because he purposefully stepped on a rattlesnake.
Twitch
A boy assigned to Tent D to take Zero's place. His real name is Brian and he was arrested for stealing a car.
The Guard
The guard accompanies Stanley to Camp Green Lake.
The Bus Driver
The driver who takes Stanley to Camp Green Lake. He cautions Stanley to be careful.
Hattie Parker
The woman in Green Lake who saw Sam and Miss Katherine kissing and then spread the news.
The Attorney General
The Texas Attorney General accompanies Ms. Morengo to pick up Stanley from Camp Green Lake. He's tall and wears a cowboy hat.
Derrick Dunne
Stanley's bully at home. Because Derrick is small, the teachers don't take his bullying seriously.