Alfonso XIII (Spanish: Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941) was King of Spain from 1886 until the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931. Alfonso was monarch from birth...
a spunky, overly imaginative girl with brown braids in turn-of-the-century Deep Valley, Minn....
a red-headed girl with a big Irish Catholic family in turn-of-the-century Deep Valley, Minn....
Tacy Kellys older sister; she and Julia Ray are best friendsmore...
the youngest of the 10 Kelly children...
Betsy Tacys mother, a talented pianistmore...
Betsy Rays father, the owner of a shoe store and a great jokermore...
Tacy Kellys kind mother, who has 10 childrenmore...
Tacy Kellys younger brothermore...
Betsy Rays big sister, a great pianist and reciter who loves to perform; she and Katie Kelly are the same age (3 years old than Betsy and Tacy) and best friendsmore...
owner of a candy store in Deep Valley, Minn....
a curly blonde girl who befriends Betsy Ray and Tacy Kelly; she moves to Deep Valley, Minn., from Milwaukee and is a talented dancer...
Tib Mullers baby brothermore...
Tib Mullers little brothermore...
Betsy Rays little sistermore...
a kindly lady who lives atop the hill near Betsy, Tacy, and Tib...
a kind, indulgent neighbor with no children of her own...
Tib Mullers mom; the Mullers are wealthier than the Rays and Kellysmore...
a Lebanese Maronite immigrant who befriends Betsy Ray, Tacy Kelly and Tib Muller; shes an emira (princess) in her own countrymore...
Naifi Busharas grandfather, an emir in Lebanonmore...
Naifi Busharas proud fathermore...
Mrs. Rays long-lost brother, who ran away to become an actor, vowing not to return to his despised stepfathermore...