Naim

Naim Benjamin Kypper is the son of Elmo and Selma-Emma Kypper. He is the 8-year-old nephew of Maddox and Shy, and Alma and Archibald's grandson. He appears in the beginning of the novel as the ring bearer at Shy and Maddox's wedding. He is later seen going to 3rd grade with his mother, Selma-Emma, fourteen years later.