Wildfire Characters - Basic

Julianna (Juliana) Reeds

An eighth-grade girl from western Oregon who raises goats and joins the conservation club at her new school in Portland after her family evacuates a wildfire.

Stella

Julianna's younger sister, who loves the TV show Telly and You, packs her Nature Pals toys instead of clothes, and calls insurance money "reassurance money."

Julianna's mom

She packs important documents and family heirlooms when the family evacuates.

Julianna's dad

He drives a blue truck, explains climate change as the underlying cause of global warming, and says the backyard has room for bocce ball.

Penny

Julianna's cat.

Tambourine, Francesca, and Judy

Three of Julianna's goats.

Hammy

A Boston terrier.

Carson (Carspm in one question)

A boy who was drinking Mt. Cool in the forest and skipped the 4-H meeting, saying he's "not really into that stuff anymore." He is there when the firework lights the bush.

Jesse

Carson's friend, whose brother bought the fireworks in Washington.

Roberto

Another friend who is with Carson when the firework lights the bush.

Ezra Barnes

A conservation club member who thinks a Clue character is named after mayonnaise and carries a protest sign reading "There is no sequel to planet earth."

Emilia Flores

A classmate in the conservation club.

Xander

The student who designed the Conservation Club t-shirts, with proceeds going to Tree Buddies.

Ms. Sanchez

The club's teacher, who explains that a soda bottle takes about half a millennium to biodegrade and who got an electric bus.

Mr. Jensen (spelled "Jenson" in one question)

Julianna's PE teacher.

Mr. Gray

The teacher who reads a Tom Clancy book during morning announcements on the first day of school.

Monica Hall

The park ranger.

Uncle Josh and Aunt Lillian

Julianna's relatives who keep the goats after the fire and later bring them back to her.

Sid and Nancy

The neighbors' goats.

Dale Banks

The first speaker at the protest the club attends.

Senator Brooks

The person Julianna writes a letter to for the conservation club.

Smokey the Bear

Reports the fire danger level as high at the start of the book.