July Greher

July is the protagonist of the story, and the person who is speaking to the reader in first-person perspective. July is perhaps twenty when she recounts her narrative, but for the bulk of the story she is sixteen. She comes from an upper-class family with both parents and a sister and brother, and is otherwise a "normal" teenager. However, her world is turned upside-down when, in a moment of weakness, she has sex with her steady boyfriend Bo Jo and becomes pregnant. July and Bo Jo decide to get married because of the baby and not because of love, and this action causes no small amount of consternation and misery on the part of both families and the young couple.

As revealed in the narrative, July has a lively spirit and is very perceptive about the thoughts and feelings of those around her. She wants independence and...