Steve York - the main character, a high school student who is brilliant, but alienated from his peers by his parents' divorce and his disastrous relationship with his father. After the divorce, Steve starts drugs and flunks school, but is given one chance to graduate by writing a one hundred page essay.
Alan York - Steve's father, referred to by his son as "the astronaut"
Sarah York - Steve's younger sister
Dub - Wanda Varner, Steve's girlfriend during his sophomore year of high school
Doug - Steve's best friend in high school
Jeff DeMouy - Steve's senior year guidance counselor
Sky - Steve's English teacher in Houston
Allison Kimble - Steve's girlfriend during his senior year of high school
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