View a FREE sample

Asa

He is the main character in all four of the short stories that make up this novel.

Asa's Mother

She is clinically depressed and often spontaneous in her decisions that cause upheaval in her son's life.

Dave

He marries Asa's mother and takes the responsibility of raising him, but resents Asa from the first moment they meet and it takes him a long time to accept the boy in his life.

Joel

He is a young man in Asa's fourth grade class who is not highly intelligent and has trouble learning.

Joel's Mother

She calls Asa the day before the PTA program to tell him that there is no way her son can learn the poem in time and asks what he wants to do.

Jean Williams

Asa is in love with this girl because he believes she is the only person to really see him for...

(read more Character Descriptions)

This section contains 239 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample