
Maggie Brown An unsuccessful candidate for student body president.Īngela Clark Landon's junior-year girlfriend, now dating an older man.

John Foreman An unsuccessful candidate for student body president. Miss Garber The drama teacher at the high school. Margaret Hays Eric's girlfriend, a cheerleader.

Grandfather Carter A mean, self-interested, borderline criminal who "earns" the family money by foreclosing on the homes and businesses of the poor.Įric Hunter Landon's best friend one of the best athletes in the school, but not a serious student. Carter Landon's mother, who is helpful and sympathetic to Landon's love of Jamie. Worth Carter Landon's father, a United States congressman. Reverend Hegbert Sullivan Jamie's father and the minister of a Southern Baptist Church. Jamie Sullivan A young woman who is kind to everyone but suffers from a deadly form of leukemia.

Landon Carter The 17-year-old narrator of the story, who comes of age as a result of the events that unfold his senior year of high school an older Landon, 40 years in the future, also tells part of the story.
