Miri

Miri Ammerman, who turns fifteen in the novel, is a resident of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The daughter of Rusty, granddaughter of Irene, and niece of Henry, Miri is a kind and thoughtful girl who, apart from having grown up without a father, has had a stable and secure upbringing. She is best friends with Natalie Osner, and begins dating Mason early in the novel after she and Mason dance at Natalie’s birthday party. Miri witnesses the first of three plane crashes in the town firsthand, which startles her from her everyday routine. Through the novel, she develops great maturity in dealing with two more crashes and the drama that it brings, including her breakup with Mason when she discovers Mason is cheating on her, and the mental breakdown of Natalie.

Miri also struggles with the sudden reappearance of her father into her life, though the two never...