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"Help me find my little girl." Jess Mastriani - dubbed "Lightning Girl" by the press when, after a huge storm, she develops a psychic ability to find missing children —has lost her miraculous powers. Or has she? She would like the media and the government to think so. All Jess wants is to be... read more
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Characters edit
- Jessica Mastriani: The protagonist of the series. She was hit by a lightning which cause her to have psychic abilities wherein she finds missing children or people
- Ruth Abramowitz: Jessica's best friend
- Rob Wilkins: Jessica's grit boyfriend
- Pamela: Jess's superior at camp
- Shane: Boy at music camp
- Dave: Child at camp
- Dr. Alistair: Director of music camp
- Special Agent Allan Johnson: Jess's assigned FBI agent
- Lionel: Boy at camp in Jess's cabin
- Scott: Boy at camp in Jess's cabin
- Douglas Mastriani: Jess's eldest brother
- Paul Huck: Fictional character that Jess uses to tell a story
- Keely: Missing child
- Special Agent Jill Smith: Jess's assigned FBI agent
- Jonathan Herzberg: Father of Keely who comes to Jess for help to find her
- Clay Larsson: Add a description of this character.
- Claire Lippman: Jess's neighbour
- Rosemary: Jess's friend and contact at 1800-WHERE-ARE-YOU
- Simon
- Taylor Monroe
- Todd
- Arthur
- Andrew
- Mr. Goodhart: Jess's counsellor
- Karen Sue Hankey: Fourth chair flutist and Jess's enemy
Quotes edit
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“I think you'd be good at anything you set your mind to be good.”
Jessica Mastriani -
“Special Agent Johnson: And just how, precisely, did you happen upon the scene, Mr. Wilkins? It was my impression that you left the camp some hours ago.Rob: Well. That's true. I did. But I came back.SA Johnson: Uh-huh. Yes, I can see that. Any particular reason you came back?Rob: Well, I couldn't leave things the way they were with my girl, could I? I had to come back and apologize.”
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“One of the hardest things to accept about violent crime is its seeming randomness.”
Rob Wilkins -
“Please. Any guy who drives a motorcycle as his main form of transportation is dangerous.”
Ruth Abramowitz -
“I'm not so sure I'm cut out for this camp counselor stuff anyway." "Jess, I can't think of a job more perfect for you." "Really?" "Really. I mean, you don't-what's the word?-condescend to kids like a lot of people do. You treat them like you treat everybody else. You know. Shitty." "Gee, thanks.”
Jessica Mastriani, Douglas -
“Hey. I need to talk to you." "Is it about your saturated fat intake? Because if you keep eating like that, your heart is going to explode.”
Jessica Mastriani, Ruth -
“I might need to borrow your car." "Are you high? You think I'm going to let you borrow my car? You don't even have a license! Absolutely not. If you think for one minute I would ever let you touch my car, Miss But-I-Was-Only-Going-Eighty-in-a-Thirty-Five-Mile-an-Hour-Zone, you must be on crack.”
Jessica Mastriani, Ruth -
“I think it's disgraceful, you teaching a little boy to settle his problems with violence. You should be ashamed of yourself." "You, have obviously never been the victim of a bully." "No, because I was taught to resolve my differences with others peacefully, without use of force." "So in other words, you've never been the victim of a bully." "Maybe that's because I don't go around aggravating people like you do, Jess." "Oh, that's nice, blame the victim, why don't you?”
Karen Sue Hankey, Jessica Mastriani -
“Hey, Sailor, give a girl a ride?”
Jessica Mastriani -
“Is he your boyfriend?" "Not yet, but he will be." "Really? When?" "When I turn eighteen. Or when he is no longer able to resist the overwhelming attraction he feels for me and jumps my bones. Whichever comes first.”
Special Agent Jill Smith, Jessica Mastriani -
“Look. I don't see what the problem is. I mean I'm going to be seventeen is eight and a half months. Eight and a half months! That's nothing. I don't see why we can't-" "Didn't your mother ever tell you, that you're supposed to play hard to get?" "What, is that going to get me?”
Jessica Mastriani, Rob Wilkins -
“Jess, you know I think you're a pretty down girl. You know that, don't you?" "Okay, we'll call that one a given, if you want." "Good, then maybe when I say this next part, you'll understand where I'm coming from. I did not drive all the way up here to watch you get your brains hacked out by some psycho, okay? Now you get you get that ass on my bike, or I swear to God, I'm going to put it there for you.”
Rob Wilkins, Jessica Mastriani -
“You, are not going to shoot me. What if you hit her?" "It would be unfortunate, but since she has been a thorn in my side since the day we met, it wouldn't upset me too much.”
Rob Wilkins, Special Agent Johnson -
“You were right, Jess, tampons do make good fuses." I glanced at Ruth. "And you said detention was a waste of my time." "The American public education system was clearly not designed with ingrates like you in mind.”
Scott, Jessica Mastriani, Ruth -
“You know, Mastriani, you have more than just an anger-management problem. You are also the stubbornest damned person I've ever met. Once you get an idea in your head nothing can make you change your mind. Not your friends. Not the FBI. And certainly not me. I used to have a dog a lot like you.”
Rob Wilkins -
“I just have this one little problem. Not even a problem, really. More like a need. A need for speed.”
Jess Mastriani
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“Is he your boyfriend?” “Not yet,” I said. “But he will be.” “Really? When?” “When I turn eighteen. Or when he is no longer able to resist the overwhelming attraction he feels for me and jumps my bones. Whichever comes first.”
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“You were right, Jess,” he said. “Tampons do make good fuses.” I glanced at Ruth. “And you said detention was a waste of my time.” Ruth only shook her head. “The American public education system,” she said, “was clearly not designed with ingrates like you in mind.”
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But if I’d thought Rob was going to fall for my whole poor-little-me routine, it turned out I had another think coming. “You can forget it, Mastriani,” he said, suddenly removing his arm. “I’m not going to kiss you.” Jeez! What’s a girl have to do around here to get felt up?
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 5 in 1-800-Where-R-You. (standard series)
Preceded by When Lightning Strikes, and followed by Safe House.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Imprint: Simon Pulse)
Country: United States
Publication Date: August 2001
ISBN: 0743411404
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Imprint: Simon Pulse)
Country: United States
Publication Date: August 2001
ISBN: 0743411404
Page Count: 272
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