Jamie Sullivan is a seventeen year old girl. Her mother died during childbirth so she never knew her. Jamie and her father are very religious. Jamie wears the same thing almost everyday. She wears a plaid skirt, a white blouse, a brown cardigan and her hair is always in a tight bun. No one really talks to her because they think she is strange. The thing is, she has cancer. Leukemia, and she has had it for seven months but nobody knows because living her life like nothing is wrong makes her stronger.
Hegburt Sullivan is Jamie's father. He is also very religious and he doesn't get along with Landon or his father. Hegburt is the preacher and when Landon was a little kid, him and his friends used to pick on Hegburt, calling him a fornicator. They loved to spike Hegburt's blood and then run off. Later on, Landon apologizes for everything because he feels bad. Hegburt has been going through a lot and no one knew.