Yessenia Lopez

Yessenia is a 16-year-old Puerto Rican girl who never knew her father, and her mother was addicted to crack. She went through juvenile detention and at least one other facility after tia Nene died. She has some bite to her. She always speaks her mind. She had attacked a fellow student prior to the events in the book.

Joanne Madsen

Joanne Madsen was hit by a bus and has since been confined to a wheelchair. She is independently wealthy, from the bus company settlement. However, she uses a job as a way to get out of her apartment. She does not like any facilities like nursing homes or jails because of the abuses and neglect that are endemic to those places. According to Ricky, she is a pretty, young woman with blonde hair. She is in her late 30s.

Ricky Hernandez

Ricky Hernandez is a driver and...