Half His Age
Half His AgeJennette McCurdy
Characters in Half His Age
2 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Waldo
A lonely, blunt, self-possessed seventeen-year-old in Anchorage who manages her household while her mother pursues relationships, and who initiates and pursues a year-long affair with her creative writing teacher.
Antagonists
Theodore Korgy
Waldo's forty-year-old married creative writing teacher at her Anchorage high school, addressed by her only as "Mr. Korgy"; his selfishness and emotional inadequacy are steadily exposed as the affair unfolds.