![]() Watching Jack scheme to save Kate at any cost, including ignoring his friends, betraying Franny, gambling, and lying, is both touching and worrying for the reader. He plummets into a do-over, and then another, but for everyone else, it’s always the first time. ![]() ![]() It starts when his first girlfriend-who is already in college and into him despite his corniness-dies of sickle cell anemia, which Jack didn’t know she had. ![]() But Jack does learn from his mistakes, and he has lots of opportunities to try again when he finds himself in a time loop. And he doesn’t get the girl because he’s in love with his other best friend, Jillian, who’s dating Franny. Ask African-American high school senior Jack who he is and he’ll tell you: he’s an only child, and the king of “nice try” and “almost.” Unlike his best friend Franny, he never makes the team. ![]()
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