Summer recognizes that she and Ob are "not strong" anymore. She misses May terribly and is aware that Ob does, too. Summer is 12 years old when Aunt May dies. She felt as though she had "died and gone to heaven." She loved them and their eccentric ways as much as they loved her. May and Ob doted on her, treating her as though she was their very own child. She went home, to West Virginia, with her Aunt May and Uncle Ob to live with them in their broken down trailer. When she met her Aunt May and Uncle Ob, things clicked, and it was love at first sight. She saved the love that she imagined was in her heart, given to her by her mother, for people who wanted to love her. Summer knew that nobody wanted her, but that didn't dampen her spirit. After her mother died, she was passed around among her aunts and uncles. Summer spent the first six years of her life in Ohio. Because Rylant has written Missing May in the first person, Summer tells the story from her perspective as she experiences and understands it. Summer is the protagonist, or main character, of the novel.
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