Characters in Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Ramona Quimby

An eight-year-old third grader determined to prove she can manage school and her new responsibilities on her own.

Also in Beezus and Ramona, Ramona the Pest, Ramona the Brave, Ramona and Her Father, Ramona and Her Mother, Ramona Forever, Ramona's World

Beezus Quimby

Ramona's older sister, now in junior high and busy with homework.

Also in Beezus and Ramona, Ramona the Pest, Ramona and Her Father, Ramona and Her Mother, Ramona Forever, Ramona's World

Mrs. Quimby

Ramona's mother, who works outside the home and leaves her job to take a sick Ramona home from school.

Willa Jean Kemp

Howie's four-year-old sister, whom Ramona must play with every afternoon after school.

Also in Ramona and Her Mother

Howie Kemp

Ramona's neighbor, friend and classmate.

Also in Ramona the Brave, Ramona and Her Mother

Danny

A boy on the school bus whom Ramona nicknames Yard Ape after he steals her eraser.

Mrs. Whaley

Ramona's teacher at Cedarhurst Primary.

Mr. Quimby (Ramona)

Ramona's father, who has gone back to college to become a teacher.