She thought Rachel’s house was beautiful, but it’s huge and pristinely white-and Mom isn’t there. When Rachel announces a family dinner, Jessie thinks back to her arrival in California. Angry, Jessie decides that she can’t let Ethan do their Waste Land project alone. SN is happy to help and tells Jessie to befriend Dri Sanchez. Scarlett encourages Jessie to reach out to SN. Dejected, Jessie texts her best friend from Chicago, Scarlett. She asked, “what are you looking at?”Ī week later, in English class, a boy named Ethan asks Jessie to be his partner for their project on The Waste Land-but then informs her that he’s going to do the project alone and put her name on it. Then, a blond girl named Gem was the first person to speak to Jessie. She must’ve appeared desperate she embarrassed herself by admitting that she had spent her summer working. She wonders who he is and thinks through her first day. A week after starting at her new school, Jessie receives an email from an anonymous boy calling himself Somebody Nobody, or SN, offering to help her navigate Wood Valley. It’s been 733 days since 16-year-old Jessie’s mom died, and about a month since Dad moved Jessie from Chicago to California to live with his new wife, Rachel.
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