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I Am Not Jessica Chen

by Ann Liang

A wish with a personal cost

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A wish with a personal cost

Jenna Chen’s comparison with her high-achieving cousin becomes literal when a desperate wish lets her take Jessica’s place. The new life brings the pressures of Havenwood Private Academy, while the description raises a sharper question: what parts of Jenna’s own identity might disappear along with her name? Artistic talent, home, and the possibility of Aaron Cai’s affection are all named among the things at stake. The contemporary-fantasy premise connects academic competition and family comparison to a speculative transformation, with identity and the cost of idealizing someone else at its center.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in contemporary fantasy
  • Readers drawn to stories about family comparison and identity
  • Readers who enjoy premises involving a wish and its consequences

Themes

IdentityFamily comparisonAcademic pressureSelf-worth and aspiration

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Book overview

Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard.

And Jenna Chen will only ever be a disappointment.

So when Jenna makes a desperate wish to become her cousin, the last thing she expects is for it to come true--literally. All of a sudden she gets to live the life she's always dreamed of . . . but being the model student at cutthroat Havenwood Private Academy isn't quite what she'd imagined. Worse, people seem to be forgetting that someone named Jenna Chen ever existed. But isn't it worth trading it all away--her artistic talent, her childhood home, even the hope of golden boy Aaron Cai loving her back--to be Jessica Chen?

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