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Welcome to the world of sex and all that. This deluge of information is just the start and I strongly encourage you to research as much as you can on the subject. It will make future trysts safer and more enoyable.
Birth control is a very effective method of contraception if and only if your girlfriend will take the pill every day at the same time. Be brutally honest with yourself here - do you trust her to be that consistent? Do you trust her to do the research and find out all the facts, find out what medications may interact with the pill before she takes them, things of that nature? There are girls out there who are like this, but that you're coming to us with your questions is a strong indication to me that she's not one of them. If that's the case, you may want to use condoms in conjunction with the pill, just for the added insurance. Unless you're independently wealthy, a baby at your age would be a very bad thing (and even if you are, it's still far from the ideal).
I haven't heard anything about that particular brand, but it's worth remembering that the reason there are so many different forms of birth control is that no couple is the same. Try it, see what happens, if it screws things up try something else.
Are you sure you're both clean? Aside from testing, the only way to be 100% sure is if you are both each other's first. Aside from that, you have no way of knowing that definitively. Is that a risk you're willing to take? I'm not getting down on it, it's a risk I've taken myself previously, just be sure that you're willing to deal with the potential consequences if they're there.
Also, the last 7 pills are indeed sugar pills. They're there as a reminder only, since it's easier to keep things all regular if you have the physical reminder. This means, if necessary, that you can skip those pills entirely and not have any negative consequences. However, this is not advisable unless your girlfriend is either so highly organized that she can do that and still remember to take her pills at the right time seven days later, or there's no other option (she forgets her pills when not at home or something of that nature).
If she ever misses a pill, it's highly advisable that you use condoms for a couple weeks.
Note that I will not tell you what to do and what not to do; I will make suggestions, but that's as far as I'll go. Everything about sex is essentially risk management. No precaution is entirely safe (including condoms) and there's no way to guarantee that everything will work out exactly as planned. Know the risks, be prepared in case the worst does happen and proceed accordingly. It's a philosophy that hasn't failed me yet in any area of life and sex is no exception.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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