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"Banning me from the phone and restricting my computer privileges are the most tyrannical parental gestures I can think of. Don’t they realize that Hope’s the only one who keeps me sane? . . . I don’t see how things could get any worse.” When her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from... read more
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- Jessica Darling: A cynical sixteen year old girl trying to find her place in life.
- Marcus Flutie: The intelligent yet mysterious "Dreg" at Jessica's high school.
- Hope Weaver: Jessica's best friend, moved out of state with her family after her brother's death.
- Sara: One of the "clueless crew," a group of girls Jess hangs out with but she doesn't like in the slightest.
- Bridget: Jessica's childhood best friend and neighbor. She is a pretty blonde cheerleader, and hangs-out with Sara, Manda, and Jessica at school.
- Burke: Bridget's boyfriend
- Manda: Another of the "clueless crew."
- Scotty: Jess's guy friend since childhood.
- Bethany: Jessica's older sister.
- Paul Parlipiano: A senior on the track team and star of Jessica's secret fantasies. Jessica's crush to end all crushed.
- Hyacinth Anastasia Wallace: An entitled New Yorker who comes to Jessica's high school.
- Pierre "Pepe": Jessica's French class friend that appears to have a crush on her his freshman year.
- Kelsey: Scotty's girlfriend for half a second
- Len Levy: Jessica's academic nemesis
- Brandi: Pineville High School's "Professional Counselor"
- Heath: Hope's deceased older brother. He died of an overdose before the beginning of the novel.
- Gladdie: Jessica's senile grandmother
- Dr. Hayden: Add a description of this character.
- Mrs. Newman
- Carrie P.: Jessica's straight-talking teammate
- Becky
- Bender
- Darlene: Jessica Darling's alter ego
- Matthew: Jessica's older brother that died of SIDS when he was only 2 weeks old.
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“After all, you can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact that it isn't a bad mood at all. It's just your sucky personality.”
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“My injury forces me to spend more time with my mom than I have since I was a zygote”
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you can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact that it isn’t a bad mood at all. It’s just your sucky personality.
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I anticipate the end of everything and anything—a conversation, a class, track practice, darkness—only to be left with more clock-watching to take its place. I’m continually waiting for something better that never comes. Maybe it would help if I knew what I wanted.
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When you say too much about anything important, it always ends up sounding more trivial than it is. Words trash it.
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It’s not my fault that these are the problems I’ve been put on this earth to deal with, right? They’re petty, they piss me off, and they’re all mine.
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Am I the only creature with a vagina who thinks that weddings are ridiculous?
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I know how small my problems are, yet that doesn’t stop me from obsessing about them.
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Right now I feel guilty to be alive. Why? Because I’m wasting it. I’ve been given this life and all I do is mope it away.
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That’s better than Bethany asking a church full of people to pretend that she’s a virgin and having my father 'give her away' like she’s a garbage bag of Goodwill clothes.
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Why does everything I see bother me? Why can’t I just get over these daily wrongdoings? Why can’t I just move on and make the best of what I’ve got? I wish I knew.
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I need my boyfriend to be the male equivalent of Hope. My best friend.
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First Sentence edit
Tonight I've been thinking about the mosaic Hope gave me the night she U-hauled ass out of Pineville.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in Jessica Darling. (standard series)
Followed by Second Helpings.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Megan McCafferty (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown Pub
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0609807900
Page Count: 297
Publisher: Crown Pub
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0609807900
Page Count: 297
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- Dewey: 813.6
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