Prodigy

June (15) is one of two protagonists of the novel and is described as having long, dark brown hair and dark brown eyes with golden flecks in them. After scoring a perfect 1500 on her mandatory Trial at the age of 10, she becomes the Republic’s treasured prodigy. Her intelligence, fast learning, and astute observations make her a coveted government soldier for the Republic. When the Republic murders her parents and her older brother, Metias, for learning dangerous secrets about the government’s corruption, June rebels by joining the Patriots alongside Day, the boy framed for Metias’s death whom she has come to love.

Born into a wealthy family, June never bothered herself with the concerns of the poor in her nation. After being forced to abandon the “comforts of her old life” (6), June struggles with her identity, wondering, “If [she]’s not the Republic’s darling anymore, then who [is she]?” (7). Her struggles with her new identity and fall from the wealthy upper class create not only issues in her relationship with Day but also conflict with her loyalties to the Republic and the Patriots.

June’s character shows change and growth as she begins to recognize how