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Bear Bratsky
Kimberly Tooley is a peppy middle-school girl who loves football because she thinks boys look good in uniforms. She has a crush on her classmate, football star Chase Ambrose. After Chase suffers a concussion, develops amnesia, and joins video club, Kimberly joins too, hoping he’s forgotten that he’s “totally out of [her] league.” Though Kimberly is terrible at film, video-club president Brendan Espinoza immediately develops a crush on her and tries to impress her with the zany short films he makes for YouTube. Unfortunately, Brendan and Kimberly do not share a sense of humor; she’s more confused than impressed by his videos. Yet during a fight at the assisted living facility where Chase is doing community service, Bear Bratsky shoves Kimberly and Shoshanna Weber into a wall—and Brendan, though much smaller and weaker than Bear, immediately jumps to their defense. Kimberly is impressed by Brendan’s bravery—though she likes to tell him that she was just “amazed” Bear didn’t kill him—and by the novel’s end, they have become boyfriend and girlfriend.
Kimberly Tooley Quotes in Restart
The Restart quotes below are all either spoken by Kimberly Tooley or refer to Kimberly Tooley. 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 10: Kimberly Tooley
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Aaron eyes Chase with a long face. “You shouldn’t have done that, man. Joey’s your friend. He’s had your back plenty of times.”
Chase is still defiant, but a little more subdued than before. “So I should just let him beat up a kid half his size for no reason?”
Aaron stands his ground. “If you’d told him to stop, he would have stopped. You didn’t have to attack him.” He shakes his head. “None of us are perfect—not even you. Next time, take a second to think about who your friends are.”
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Chapter 20: Brendan Espinoza
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That’s when it hits me how this must seem to the teachers. The music room is a disaster area. Instruments, music stands, books, and papers are strewn everywhere, the whole place buried in foam. The school’s three most notorious bullies are right there. One of them—Chase—still wields a fire extinguisher. And their number one target—Joel—is down on the floor with a rapidly swelling face, obviously the victim of an assault.
“It isn’t what it looks like!” I gasp, and then bite my tongue. What if it’s exactly what it looks like?
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Kimberly Tooley Quotes in Restart
The Restart quotes below are all either spoken by Kimberly Tooley or refer to Kimberly Tooley. 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:
).
Chapter 10: Kimberly Tooley
Quotes
Aaron eyes Chase with a long face. “You shouldn’t have done that, man. Joey’s your friend. He’s had your back plenty of times.”
Chase is still defiant, but a little more subdued than before. “So I should just let him beat up a kid half his size for no reason?”
Aaron stands his ground. “If you’d told him to stop, he would have stopped. You didn’t have to attack him.” He shakes his head. “None of us are perfect—not even you. Next time, take a second to think about who your friends are.”
Related Characters:
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Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 20: Brendan Espinoza
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That’s when it hits me how this must seem to the teachers. The music room is a disaster area. Instruments, music stands, books, and papers are strewn everywhere, the whole place buried in foam. The school’s three most notorious bullies are right there. One of them—Chase—still wields a fire extinguisher. And their number one target—Joel—is down on the floor with a rapidly swelling face, obviously the victim of an assault.
“It isn’t what it looks like!” I gasp, and then bite my tongue. What if it’s exactly what it looks like?
