This only heightens Jessie’s sense of loneliness, which is why, after she experiences bullying at the hands of a popular girl named Gem at school, Jessie accepts help from SN, a boy who anonymously emails Jessie offering to help her. Her stepmom, Rachel’s, house is expansive, pristine, and white-and Jessie feels like a guest in it, not like a family member. This happens especially as Jessie considers where she lives in Los Angeles. Jessie thinks often of her mom and what it’d be like to still have her around. She was happy and comfortable in Chicago with her best friend, Scarlett, and she’s still reeling with grief from her mom’s death. Two years ago, Jessie’s mom died and about a month before the novel begins, Jessie’s dad remarried and moved Jessie from Chicago to Los Angeles. Jessie Holmes is the novel’s 16-year-old protagonist.
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