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Who Are The Main Characters In Enemy Pie?

For an elementary school lesson plan about conflict resolution using children's picture books, I need the main characters' names from Derek Munson's 'Enemy Pie'.

2025-11-27 02:39:44

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Christi Bok

The main character in the story is a young boy who has an enemy in Jeremy Ross, the new neighbor next door. The boy’s dad helps him make the mysterious ‘Enemy Pie’. Later I came across ‘Craving The Enemy’ a novel in which two chefs are forced into a professional high-stakes competition through their professional rivalry. They have intense battles in the kitchen, slowly developing a different kind of tension.

2026-08-05

Heidi

In the story 'Enemy Pie', the two main characters are Jeremy Ross and the narrator (who is not named in the story). Jeremy is the new kid in town and the reason that the narrator calls Jeremy his enemy is typical of school yard behavior i.e. Jeremy is not invited to the narrator’s trampoline party for his brother’s birthday. The story is told from the viewpoint of the narrator, a young boy, and it is his perspective of events that makes us able to relate to the story because it is typical of childhood to want to be friends with people who are perceived to be enemies at times.

This pair of characters makes great sense as they evolve throughout the short story. The father of the narrator has been prescribing the “enemy pie” recipe to deal with enemies in the past, and that is exactly what he tells Jeremy is going to happen. But it is really a recipe for making a great friend instead. The story brings back many memories as the two boys play basketball, laugh and become very good friends after being sworn enemies only a short time before.

2025-11-29

Oliver

There are two main characters in the story 'Enemy Pie'. Jeremy Ross is the enemy to the young narrator, but as you read on you realize how quickly one can be labeled as an enemy. The way that the narrator’s dad tries to make an “enemy pie” to make peace with the boys is quite humorous and shows how desperate he is to have them to come over for a play. There are many moments between Jeremy and the young narrator, such as playing basketball together and even laughing at the same jokes. This story is short but very powerful because it shows how friendship can happen when you least expect it.

2025-11-30

Hannah

The central characters of Jeremy Ross and the narrator drive the story of ‘Enemy Pie’ as their relationships change dramatically throughout the book. Jeremy initially sets out to be the enemy of the narrator but becomes his friend instead. The narrator’s dad also plays an important role of encouraging his son to be kind but in a subtle manner.

What I really love about this book is that neither of the kids are portrayed as villains. In fact, it becomes clear that Jeremy isn’t mean at all – he’s just another kid navigating the same social waters as the narrator. He’s even a friend to the narrator in the treehouse, playing together and ultimately bonding over the infamous ‘enemy pie’. The story presents a really fun and relatable look at a key aspect of growing up: learning to look at someone else and understand their place in things.

2025-12-01

Ivy

In “Enemy Pie” written by New York Times bestselling author of children’s books, DST publisher New Jersey-based Capstone contributor wrote the book Enemy Pie, the main characters to focus on in this story are the unnamed narrator and Jeremy Ross. The children’s story is told by the young unnamed narrator, whom conveys a sense of pure and innocent frustration as well as pure and innocent curiosity as he tries to make sense of the other boy in the story.

The dad is great. His idea of the ‘enemy pie’ plan creates the scenario of these two boys having to spend time together. The pie is almost a MacGuffin as it is not really important to the story as it is the boys growing relationship. The story works well because it doesn’t tell us that excluded people must be our friends rather we watch as the two boys work out their friendship. A highlight of this short story is when the two boys are having such a good time that they forget that they are supposed to be enemies.

2025-12-02

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