Meet the Cast
Summer
Summer is a scrappy little girl, and our narrator to boot. She may be young, but she's definitely an old soul—probably because she's gone through so much in her short life. After all, she's orpha...
Uncle Ob
A Mourning HusbandUncle Ob is a good man, but when we meet him in the book he's kind of a downer. May, the love of his life, has just died and he doesn't know what to do with himself. He's supposed...
Cletus Underwood
A Professional Daydreamer When Summer first encounters Cletus Underwood, she's convinced that he's bad news: I'd been riding the school bus with Cletus for a year, since his family moved up from Ra...
Aunt May
A Real Angel When we say that Aunt May is an angel, we don't mean that she became one when she died—nope, Aunt May has always been an angel to Summer and Uncle Ob. She's been the person who has w...
Mr. and Mrs. Underwood
Mr. and Mrs. Underwood aren't big characters and Summer only meets them once, however they help Summer understand Cletus's place in the world and how she's been too harsh on him all along: Now, mee...