Minor Characters in Julie's Series (A-M)

These are the minor characters in the Julie series.

Mrs. Chan
Andrew and Ivy's teacher at Chinese school. She has a son named Paul and collects dolls as a hobby.

Paul Chan
Mrs. Chan's son. His twelfth birthday is held at The Happy Panda, and is friends with Mike Gee and Lonny Wu.

Mrs. Duncan
Julie's fifth grade teacher.

Louie Fong
The owner of Louie's Number One Bakery. He is longtime friends with Gung Gung and Po Po.

Mike Gee
A boy who attends Chinese school with Ivy and Andrew. He is friends with Paul Chan and Lonny Wu.

Gloria
Ivy's gymnastics coach.

Gung Gung
Ivy's maternal grandfather and Mrs. Ling's father, Mr. Sun. He owns and runs a popular restaurant in Chinatown called The Happy Panda.

Hank
A Vietnam veteran and acquaintance of Joyce Albright. He works at a rehab center for Vietnam veterans.

Ms. Hunter
Julie's fourth grade teacher.

Olivia Kaminsky
Joyce Albright's childhood friend. She originally lived in Virginia before moving to San Francisco.

Andrew Ling
Ivy's older brother. He idolizes Bruce Lee and studies kung fu.

Marilyn Ling (neé Sun)
Ivy's mother. She wants to be a lawyer and attends Hastings College of the Law.

Missy Ling
Ivy's younger sister. She owns a beat-up stuffed lion toy named Roary.

Mr. Ling
Ivy's father.

Po Po
Ivy's maternal grandmother and Mrs. Ling's mother, Jiao Jie Sun. She immigrated to San Francisco in 1919 when she was fourteen years old.

Her personal story is greatly expanded in The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter.

Mark Salisbury
A popular sixth grader. He is Julie's rival for student body president in Changes for Julie.

Mr. Sanchez
The principal of Jack London Elementary School. He is "all rules and no nonsense."

Carla Warner
A girl who attends Jack London Elementary School. She is the focus of the story in The Tangled Web, and makes a brief appearance in The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter and The Silver Guitar.

Lonny Wu
A fourteen-year-old boy who attends Chinese school with Ivy and Andrew. He is friends with Paul Chan and Mike Gee. His favorite superhero is the Green Hornet. His mother works as a waitress at a tea house in Chinatown.

Jimmy Yep
A college student studying history. He is originally from New York and is writing a master's thesis on Chinese immigration to America.

Jimmy is only seen in The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter.