Alligator Bayou Characters

Sweet Heart How could anyone hate Calogero? He's kind, he's generous, he's thoughtful, and he generally tries to do the right thing. Plus he's just a kid still, at the ripe old age of fourteen, so...

Francesco technically is a friend of Calogero's dad instead of a blood relation, but Calo calls him uncle anyway. And though Francesco technically is neither the oldest nor the wisest amongst this...

Frank Raymond is a teenaged artist from Iowa, and though he doesn't live in the same house as Calo, in many ways he's as close to the boy as any of his adopted uncles are. Just a teen himself, he s...

Pretty WomanPatricia is Calogero's main squeeze (okay, for most of the book he just wishes she were), and we totally get why. After all, she is smart, witty, sly, pretty, and a great cook—this gi...

CharlesCalo's first friend and Patricia's brother, Charles is the ringleader of the small group of alligator hunters in Tallulah. He is African-American, picks cotton and does other small jobs for...