Mary Beth Baird is the girl who plays Mary in the Christmas pageant. She is very fond of Owen and tends to overplay her part. John meets her again at Owen's funeral.
Ginger Brinker-Smith is the wife of one of the faculty members at Gravesend Academy. The recent mother of twins, she is a voluptuous strawberry- blonde and the object of the sexual fantasies of the boys at the academy.
Mr. Chickering is the fat, good-hearted Little League coach who tells Owen to bat for John in their final game. This results in the hit that kills John's mother. Mr. Chickering feels he is partly responsible and weeps at the funeral.
Harold Crosby is the fat, self-conscious boy who plays the angel in.....
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