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Zoe Dinsmore

Once a bus driver who caused a terrible accident, she has lived with her guilt for 16 years. In the beginning of the novel, she tries to commit suicide. As the novel goes on, however, she helps other characters to overcome their own traumas and depressions.

Connor Barnes

Lucas's best friend is pale and does not leave his house much. Early in the novel, he is depressed, in part over his parents' relationship. He steals his father's gun thinking of hurting himself. However, by the end of the novel, the reader discovers he has lived a full life with a loving wife, children, and grandchildren.

Lucas Painter

A 14-year-old boy who serves as the novel's narrator. Early in the book he befriends two dogs and begins running in the woods with them every morning. He is worried about his brother, a soldier in Vietnam. He manages to save...

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