Brian Rogers: Junior Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 127, Atlanta. Eagle scout, All-State wrestling team member for two years (labeled a Beefcake by Nick). His special card deck features nude body builders. [4 36-43 || 5 43-61 || 7 79-83 || 14 134-39 || 19 183 || 20 194 || 24 227-8, 235]

Geoff Staples: Junior Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 419, Atlanta. Life scout, recently from Burbank California. He is the son of British father and a Cambodian mother. He is precocious, daring, and entertaining. [4 38-42 || 5 42-61 || 7 78-83 || 8 84-89 || 12 121 || 13 129-31 || 14 134-39 || 16 151-59 || 19 182-4 || 20 197-8 || 22 211-20 || 24 227, 231-2 || 26 260 || S 270]

Jack Haley: Junior Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 152, Atlanta. Eagle scout, recruited by Geoff to join Brian’s private poker game. Intelligent, reliable, yet vulnerable. He meets Robin in a second game and his universe shrinks to a single goal. [4 38-43 || 5 43-61 || 7 76, 79-83 || 14 134-39 || 20 194 || 24 227-38 || S 260]

Tom Dawson: Junior Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 9 and Eagle scout. He is described below.

Nick Harrison: Secondary protagonist, a Life scout. Troop Scribe, member of the Flaming Arrow Patrol. A talented writer who has had a crush on Tom for three years. Appointed to mentor Julian as a troop journalist. He heads off Tom’s plans for Julian and on the second night makes a surprise move of his own for Tom’s attention. It is far more successful than he had planned. [1 7-8, 10-11 || 2 12, 14, 18-23, 26 || 4 33-41 || 5 58-9, 60-61 || 6 62, 64, 68 || 7 72-78 || 8 89 || 10 100, 105-6 || 11 107, 110-13 || 12 117-22 || 13 126-28, 129 || 14 132-39 || 15 140, 142, 145, 147 || 17 162 || 19 180-86, 188-92 || 20 194-7, 206 || 21 200-207 || 22 211-20 || 24 227 || 25 239-40, 242, 244 || 26 252-55, || S 260, 265-6, 270]

Tom Dawson: Junior Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop Nine and Eagle scout. Outstanding leadership ability, but has long had a fetish for fresh adolescent backsides. A secondary protagonist in the series. Outstanding leadership ability, but has long had a fetish for fresh adolescent backsides. He relies heavily on the analytic ability of his protégé, Nick Harrison. He helps Julian at the first free swim at the lake as a ploy. But his plan to seduce Julian gets derailed by Nick. His sexual world gets turned upside down when he allows Nick to show him a new way to make love. [1 7 || 2 12-23 || 3 27, 31-2 || 4 33-43 || 5 43-61 || 6 67-8, 70-71 || 7 73-83 || 8 84, 86, 88 || 10 100-1, 104-6 || 11 110-11, 116 || 12 117-22 || 13 125-7, 129 || 14 132-39 || 15 142 || 16 152, 154-56, 158 || 19 180-86, 188 || 20 194-8, 200 || 21 205-10 || 22 211, 214-19 || 23 222 || 24 227 || 25 240-2, 244-8 || 26 252-54, 255 || S 260, 265-7, 270]

Robin Simmons: Life scout in the Lynx Patrol. He is a buddy of Casey’s and an experienced outdoorsman. He was recruited by Tom to join in the second poker game. There he meets Jack, and his life is changed. [6 69-71 || 7 78-83 || 13 127 || 14 133-38 || 24 227-38 || 25 239, 242 || S 260]

Jack Haley: Junior Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 152, Atlanta. He is described above with the other Poker Players.

Julian Forrest: First Class scout, main protagonist. An only child, unaware that he has inherited an extraordinary artistic talent from his father, a Greenwich Village sculptor whom he has never known. Serious and single minded, determined from an early age to spend his life with Mark, a close neighbor. The first night at Camp, Mark invites him to stay in the cabin. It was not what he had hoped for. His talent for acting comes to the fore the next day when he takes part in the lifesaving class. [1 3-11 || 2 12-22 || 3 24-32 || 6 62-69 || 7 72-78 || 8 89-90 || 9 99 || 10 100, 105-6 || 11 107-16 || 12 118, 121 || 13 125-30 || 15 140-50 || 16 151, 154 || 17 160-68 || 18 169-179 || 19 181, 182-4, 186-193 || 20 196, 198-201 || 21 204-7, 209-10 || 23 221-28 || 25 241, 243-46, 247-8 || 26 252-59 || S 260, 264-8, 270]

Mark Schaefer: Scoutmaster of Troop Nine. He is a retail purchasing agent and manager. When he was a senior in college, he was asked to replace his former scoutmaster who died suddenly from a heart attack. His five year marriage is one of convenience; he devotes all his free time to scouting. He is neighbor of Julian’s, and a friend of the family. He takes special steps to protect Julian from the social hazards of camp life. [1 3-11 || 2 13-17, 19-23 || 3 24-6, 31-2 || 4 33, 38 || 6 70 || 7 73-4, 77 || 8 87-8, 90 || 9 91-9 || 10 100-104 || 11 107-16 || 13 125-28 || 15 142-3 || 17 160, 168 || 18 169, 175, 178-79 || 19 180-1, 183-4, 186-93 || 20 198-9 || 21 204-10 || 22 211 || 23 221 || 25 241-47 || 26 252-58 || S 260, 264-6, 275]

Danny Laskey: Star scout, newly appointed Senior Patrol Leader of Troop Nine, he has passed several able scouts because Scoutmaster Mark sees him as the best leader potential to become Assistant Scoutmaster. He has had a crush on Julian for a little more than a year. Though he lives across the fence, he and Julian have only had a nodding acquaintance prior to this camp. He is assigned to supervise Julian in the daily breakfast and camp inspections, and makes his first attempt to seduce Julian. Afterwards, he gets sunburned at the lake. [1 5-10 || 2 12-22 || 3 24-32 || 4 39 || 6 62, 66 || 7 73-4, 77 || 8 84-89, 90 || 10 101, 103-4 || 11 116 || 12 117-19 || 13 125-31 || 15 140-40 || 16 151-59 || 17 160, 162, 166-7 || 18 169, 173, 179 || 19 181-6, 192-94 || 20 196-8 || 21 204-210 || 23 224 || 25 239, 242-3, 246 || 26 252, 254-5 || S 265]

Sid Thomas: First Class scout in the Wolf Patrol. Julian’s friend from school and Cub Scouts. He is known for his prankster sense of humor and his extremely skinny physique. His mother bought him a new turquoise blue air mattress for camp. [1 7-8, || 7 77 || 11 108 || 15 141-50 || 17 160-68 || 18 169-79 || 19 186 || 25 243 || 26 254 || S 260, 265, 271]