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Jessica is Shay's best friend and, as Ally sees it, her shadow. She describes Jessica as having few personality traits or interests of her own, as her main goal seems to be following Shay and keeping her happy. Ally sees Jessica's decision to bring in a photo of Shay for a show-and-tell exercise as proof of this. This means that, like Shay, Jessica is mean and bullies everyone that Shay does—though Shay uses their bullying sessions to surreptitiously make fun of Jessica as well as their target. Jessica gradually becomes less comfortable going along with Shay's bullying, especially after it gets out that Shay charges for her friendship bracelets. After Mr. Daniels's lesson about famous people with dyslexia, Jessica and the rest of Shay's followers give back their friendship bracelets and Jessica begins to shut down Shay's attempts to bully others. She even apologizes to Ally for her poor treatment.
Jessica Quotes in Fish in a Tree
The Fish in a Tree quotes below are all either spoken by Jessica or refer to Jessica. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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Besides that, Shay, Jessica, and some other girls all have these woven friendship bracelets. And I have never had the kind of friends who have matching bracelets, but I have always wanted them. It's like the bracelet tells the world that the person wearing it has someone who cares about them.
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I'm not perfect, but at least I'm not mean.
And then my heart sinks, because I realize that I just was.
I guess I did it because I was lonely. Now I know that there are worse things than being lonely.
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Chapter 24
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“I laugh. “Uh, no, thanks. I'd rather wear handcuffs.”
I can't believe Shay charges her friends for something that's supposed to stand for loyalty and friendship. And I can't believe they paid.
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Jessica Quotes in Fish in a Tree
The Fish in a Tree quotes below are all either spoken by Jessica or refer to Jessica. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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Besides that, Shay, Jessica, and some other girls all have these woven friendship bracelets. And I have never had the kind of friends who have matching bracelets, but I have always wanted them. It's like the bracelet tells the world that the person wearing it has someone who cares about them.
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I'm not perfect, but at least I'm not mean.
And then my heart sinks, because I realize that I just was.
I guess I did it because I was lonely. Now I know that there are worse things than being lonely.
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Chapter 24
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“I laugh. “Uh, no, thanks. I'd rather wear handcuffs.”
I can't believe Shay charges her friends for something that's supposed to stand for loyalty and friendship. And I can't believe they paid.
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