Laurie Saunders:
-pretty, short brown hair
-self-confident; popular
-humoruous, funny ideas, (pulls faces p.9)
-excellent, attentive (=aufmerksam)student, good history pupil, B.R.= one of her favourite teachers
-ambitious (p.8, works allone in the publications office of the school paper, although the sun is shining)
-editor-in-chief of the school paper, responsible for it

Amy Smith
-Laurie’s best friend
-small; thick, curly blonde hair
-smoker
-excellent student, attentive
-sympathetic (=mitfühlend)
– sensitive

David Collins
-boyfriend of Laurie
-running back on the football team
-wants to study engineering to become a computer engineer
-not touched (=gerührt) of the film (p.21)
-Nazi Germany: long time ago, like a piece of history, can’t change (p.19)

Robert Billings
-class loser
-doesn’t want to stand in the shadow of his older brother Jeff
-gets bad marks, although he has a normal I.Q.
-looks unkempt (=ungepflegt), heavy
-sometimes sleeps in the lessons, inattentive
-in the beginning: unpopular; reaches popularity because of The Wave

Ben Ross
-history teacher
-brown hair, young
-no manual dexterity
-in general wears casual (=lässig) clothes for work
-wants to teach his students by practical experiments
-often thinks about problems in his school (bad marks/homework)
-can be stern if it will be necessary
-sensitive, sympathetic
-outstanding teacher (p.10/11)
-can totally get involved in a subject (p.25)

Christy
-auburn hair
-Ben’s wife
-teaches music and choir at Gordon High School
-of makes jokes about B.R.
-plays tennis
-much understanding for her husband

Brian Ammon
-quarterback on the football team
-enjoys getting bad marks
-afraid of the next football match, against Clarkstown on Saturday

Brad
-wants to seem funny by picking on Robert

Mr Gabondi
-French teacher
-his teaching seems boring to Laurie

Carl Block
-tall, blonde hair
-The Grapevine’s investigative reporter
-always annoys L. and A. as a joke

Alex Cooper
-stocky, dark hair
-the music reviewer of The Grapevine
-always annoys L. and A. as a joke