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Caleb is one of Jessie’s classmates whom Jessie initially assumes is SN. He’s very attractive in what Jessie considers a very stereotypical, Ken-doll kind of way, and his daily uniform is a gray T-shirt. Jessie embarrasses herself on the first day by clapping when he shares that he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro over the summer, and this feat is how she remembers him for much of the novel. Caleb is involved with the high school band Orgasmville as a songwriter, though he’s not part of the band itself. He’s close friends with Liam because of this, but when he comes into Book Out Below! one day looking for Liam, Jessie believes that he must be SN (she’d recently told SN where she works and Caleb is the first classmate to enter the store). Despite this “evidence,” nothing Caleb does in his interactions with Jessie suggests that he’s particularly interested in her, let alone her secret correspondent. He consistently brushes her off and seems disinterested in speaking to her.
Caleb Quotes in Tell Me Three Things
The Tell Me Three Things quotes below are all either spoken by Caleb or refer to Caleb. 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 2
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And only later, when I got to my actual homeroom and had to stand up and do the whole summer vacation thing all over again in front of another twenty-five kids—and utter the words “Smoothie King” for the second time to an equally appalled audience—did I realize I had a large clump of grass stuck to my ass.
On reflection, the number of people who may have sensed my desperation? At least fifty, and I’m estimating on the low side just to make myself feel better.
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Chapter 28
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And as stupid as it is, I admit I think about SN that way too. Not Caleb, not the real-life version of SN, but the one on my screen. The one who is always there for me.
He’s not real, of course. We’re all better versions of ourselves when we get that extra time to craft the perfect message. The SN I know and obsess about can’t translate into real life. He’s a virtual soul mate, not a real one. I do realize that.
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Caleb Quotes in Tell Me Three Things
The Tell Me Three Things quotes below are all either spoken by Caleb or refer to Caleb. 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 2
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And only later, when I got to my actual homeroom and had to stand up and do the whole summer vacation thing all over again in front of another twenty-five kids—and utter the words “Smoothie King” for the second time to an equally appalled audience—did I realize I had a large clump of grass stuck to my ass.
On reflection, the number of people who may have sensed my desperation? At least fifty, and I’m estimating on the low side just to make myself feel better.
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Chapter 28
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And as stupid as it is, I admit I think about SN that way too. Not Caleb, not the real-life version of SN, but the one on my screen. The one who is always there for me.
He’s not real, of course. We’re all better versions of ourselves when we get that extra time to craft the perfect message. The SN I know and obsess about can’t translate into real life. He’s a virtual soul mate, not a real one. I do realize that.
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