"All of the above" Characters
Marcel
"the Magnificent," President of the club, father owns Willy Q's, learns to use smile to help him, "They elected me Prez...We got Blast Off to Outer Space Hot, Melt the Roof of Your Mouth Hot...Which you want?"
James Harris III
: bitter, hates school and math, doesn't care about "stupid geometry," V.P. II, down on all teachers, likes to draw pictures, lives with his brother DJ (a tough guy) and his uncle (who doesn't care what he does), "Only thing I listen for is the bell."
Rhondell
: dreams of college, but her mom says she has to face reality, too, very quiet, keep "her words" locked up inside, "All the way home on the bus in the rain, I roll the word tetrahedron around in my mouth."
Willy Q
Segeant, Vietnam vet, owns Willy Q's, firm, believes in the restaurant more than the club, "'Cause we don't need smart, we need sales."
Sharice
lives with foster non-parent #5, spends a lot of time in the local library and riding the bus, chews & pops gum, doesn't like Marcel, has been in a lot of clubs, volunteers to be secretary of the TETRAHEDRON TEAM, very neat and organized, irons her shirts, "...and if you don't need after-school daycare, it means your foster non-parents can keep more of the money they get for you."
Mr.Collins
middle school math teacher (7th grade) for 20 years in Cleveland, Ohio, frustrated, conceives of contest, "The idea for the tetrahedron project began with one of my worst classes in twenty years of teaching