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• Dylan "D.J." "Dozer" Dawson Senior: Dylan's father who has been in jail for 11 years.
• Dylan Dawson Junior: The main character who falls for the girl he can't have.
• Wade: Dylan Dawson's Best Friend. Lives with Dylan and his mother. Saved Dylan's life while in Juvie.
• Jess: A girl that Dylan Dawson falls in love with.
• Levida: Dozer Dawson's Mother. Dylan Dawson's Grandmother. Loves her Pig, Charlotte. Lets Wade and Dylan Stay with her while they are in Texas.
• Gomez: Dylan and Wade's Boss.
• Dorie: Helps Wade "Find the Lord". Falls in love with Wade, Works at the Drug Store in town. Preacher's Daughter.
• Jack Golden: The Man that Dozer Dawson Supposedly Killed.
• Mitch: Dylan Dawson's Uncle. His Mother's Brother.
• Eight Ball: Leader of the Gang. Two Tone's Borther. Chasing Wade and Dylan.
• Jason: Jess's Ex Boyfriend. Beats up Dylan.
• Arnie Golden: Jack Golden's Brother. Texas Ranger.
• Dylan Dawson: Bad boy Dylan Dawson is seventeen years old . He has been to juvie and has been caught up in gangs for a lot of his life. Dylan moved around a lot with his mother because his father Dyaln Dawson Sr. has been in jail since Dyaln was eight. Now Dylan has to decide if he will follow in his fathers footsteps or make a path of is own.
• Buster Cartwright: Dozer Dawson's Attorney.
• Wade: Wade is Dylan's best friend who he has known since high school. Wade went to juvie with Dylan and there he saved his life. Wade has also been in many gangs through his life. He get Dylan out of a lot of trouble but also gets him into a lot of trouble. Dylan and Wade are like brothers and forever will be.
• Jessica Jameson: Jessica Jameson better known as Jess, falls in love with Dylan. She met Dylan when they were twelve and had thought about him but didn't really care about him until they reconnected again at Dylan's work. She falls hopelessly in love with Dylan and she even goes all the way to Texas to save his life. She winds up in a whole lot of trouble but she does it because she cares so much about Dylan.
• Levida Dawson: In the town she is known as The Devil Lady. She caters to her pig and is plain out rotten to everyone else. She is Dylan, Jr's grandmother and Dylan Sr's mother, so many people innthe town turned their back on her when her son went to jail. When Dylan and Wade first arrived she came out with a shot gun yelling at them and when they turned to go out of the driveway she ran them down the road and into a ditch with her tractor. When she figured out it was Dyaln she made him stay in the barn and "work" for his stay while her pig had a room in the house. She was there the night of the shooting but was tied up In her house by the "bad guys." Her son ISA very touchy subject and she gets very aggressive about it. She was the only one to attend Dylan Dawson, Sr's exacution
• Dylan Dawson Sr.: Known in the town as Dozer Dawson due to the fact that he was an amazing football player in high school. He is also known as a murderer. He has been in jail for 11 years because he supposed shot and killed a good cop. While in jail he made himself a better person. He wrote and book and tUght himself to read. When Dylan goes to Texas he goes to see his dad at the jail and they talk about life and what will come of Dylan Jr. He was on death row and was exucuted two minutes before his son could save him.
• Mollie: Dylan Dawson's Mother.
• Nathan: Add a description of this character.

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• “How far can you go down the wrong path before you can't get back on the right one?" "Well, I always say that as long as you're breathing, there's still hope.”

  Dylan Dawson jr, Dylan Dawson Sr.

• “Don't try to bullshit a bullshitter, son.”

  Dylan Sr.

• “Wade, I could kiss you." "I wish you wouldn't. I'm kinda partial to girls. Besides, you don't smell too good.”

  Dylan Jr., Wade

• “Little voices were saying things to me like, You're not good enough, you'll drag her down, you don't belong with her. But I ignore them all. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her close, even though my entire body was aching. Because in that moment I believed something different from what the voices in my head had been telling me all my life. I believed I could be a better person than who I'd always been.”

  Dylan Jr.

• “Maybe it was enough to just be close to her. I pressed my face into her hair and breathed her into me. "I love you," I whispered. "Stay with me forever. Please."”

  Dylan Jr.

• “"I tried to be somebody different from who I am and it didn't work out." "The world ain't set up that way. Folks say we oughta be better than we are, but deep down they just want us to stay in our places. With our own kind. Messes up the natural order, otherwise."”

  Dylan Jr./ Wade

• “"I love you, Jess," I tell her, the words fighting their way through the tears choking me. "But sometimes that's not enough. You have to forget me."”

  Dylan Jr.

• “She bites her lower lip to keep from crying, then steps on the gas, and as she speeds away her last words to me echo in my ears. I don't even know who you are. That makes two of us.”

  Dylan Jr.

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Texas
• Huntsville
• Southern California
• Charlotte
• Mexico
• Dakota
• Austin
• Houston
• Brenham

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Carolee Dean (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award (Finalist, 2012: Young Adult)

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• Books › Teens › Social Issues