Blubber (novel) - Characters

Characters

Jill Brenner — The main character in the book. She goes to Hillside School, a school for fifth and sixth graders. She is shown to be average, and is one of the many people in the class who bullies Linda. She is best friends with Tracy Wu, and becomes friends with Wendy and Caroline, but at the end of the book, becomes enemies with them because she didn't do what Wendy told her to. Also, at the end of the book she becomes good friends with a new girl in her class named Rochelle. Unlike many of Judy Blume's main characters, she has a mean nature and is quite cruel in her taunting. She is in Mrs. Minish's fifth grade class. She, like everybody else in the class, calls Linda Blubber. She is a flenser for Halloween, instead of being a witch like she was for the last

Wendy — A girl in Jill's class. She is very smart, powerful, and a bully. She is popular and pretty much rules the whole class. She is best friends with Caroline for most of the book but near the end of the book becomes best friends with Linda. At the very end she ends up becoming best friends with Laurie. She likes salami a lot, so she always trades lunches with Caroline. Wendy is very good at lying, too. She nicknames Linda Blubber, because she did a report on the whale and is very fat. She lives in Hidden Valley with Caroline, Robby, and Linda. She has never been in the same class as Jill, Donna, Bruce, or Robby before this year.

Caroline — Another classmate of Jill's. She is Wendy's best friend, and is her sidekick in bullying Linda. She always does what Wendy says, and seems to be a little bit afraid of her. Caroline always backs up what Wendy says. She likes tuna fish a lot, so she trades lunches with Wendy every day. She is Wendy's sidekick and best friend for almost all of the book, but at the end becomes best friends with Donna Davidson. She calls Linda "Blubber," like almost everybody else in the class. She lives in Hidden Valley with Wendy, Robby, and Linda. She has never been in the same class as Jill, Donna, Bruce, or Robby before this year.

Linda Fischer — A girl in Jill's class who is nicknamed "Blubber," since she did a report on the whale's fat (blubber) and is very pudgy and plain. She does not know how to defend herself, either. Near the end of the book, she becomes best friends with Wendy, but by the end, she is a loner again. She lives in Hidden Valley with Wendy, Caroline, and Robby. This is the second year she has been in Jill, Donna, Robby, and Bruce's class.

Kenny Brenner — Jill's little brother. He is in fourth grade at Longmeadow School. He wins the Halloween contest for the most original costume, because he dressed as a witch, but with a cigar, and yellow goggles. He always recites facts from his Guinness Book of World Records, and often annoys Jill.

Tracy Wu — Jill's next-door neighbor and best friend. She is a Chinese-American, and a stamp collector, like Jill. She and her family own a lot of animals. She was Big Bird for Halloween, and won a prize for the Most Beautiful Costume. She is in a different fifth grade class, and has a much better teacher who is always thinking up fun ways for his students to learn.

Gordon Brenner — Jill and Kenny's dad. He works as a tax accountant for a living.

Ann Brenner — Jill and Kenny's mom. She is trying to stop smoking, and is doing okay so far. She can blow very big chewing gum bubbles. She swears around the house often, and is okay with her kids doing it, as long as they know that there are some people who don't approve of those words. She works with computers for a living.

Rochelle — A new girl in school. She is the only one who tried to defend Linda. In the end she becomes friends with Jill.

Donna Davidson — A girl in Jill's class. She likes horses a lot, and was a horse for Halloween every year except for this year, when she is a jockey. She has been in the same class as Jill, Bruce, and Robby since kindergarten, this is her second year with Linda, and her first year with Wendy and Caroline.

Robby Winters — A student in Jill's class. He has been in Donna, Bruce, and Jill's class since kindergarten.

Bruce Bonaventura — A boy in Jill's class. He is the fattest kid in the grade. He has been in the same class as Jill, Donna and Robby since kindergarten, this is his second year with Linda, and his first year with Wendy and Caroline.

Mr. Machinist — A mean man who lives in Hidden Valley. He reports Jill and Tracy to the police for putting rotten eggs in his mailbox on Halloween. He always turns the hose on kids who venture onto his property.

Warren Winkler — A boy who is the son of Gordon's college roommate. He is hated by Jill, and hates her in return until they make up in the end. He is Jewish, and Jill and her family have to attend his Bar Mitzvah. He can read Hebrew perfectly.

Mrs. Minish — Jill's fifth grade teacher. Jill doesn't like her because she is boring. She says that when she opens a window it makes her neck stiff. She is very strict, too.

Irwin — Jill's classmate. Catches Linda during the "Blubber Trial" when Linda tried to escape.