53 pages 1 hour read

Ann Liang

I Am Not Jessica Chen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

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Chapters 9-14

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Chapter 9 Summary

Classes are cancelled for the day and Jenna’s school buses all the students down to the lakes for the annual swimming carnival. While Jenna is not a proficient swimmer, Jessica was one of the school’s star swimmers and is expected to swim the first race, which is also the longest and hardest. Although Jenna worries about this, she discovers that muscle memory takes over and she can complete the race and even win it with ease.

Aaron comes by to congratulate “Jessica” on her win, but also to ask about Jenna. He is concerned that she has disappeared and that they have not heard from her. When Jenna suggests that perhaps she doesn’t want to be found, Aaron grows worried that she may be upset with him. Unable to hold it in any longer, Jenna tells him the truth—that she is the person in “Jessica’s” body. However, an angry Aaron believes “Jessica” is pulling his leg and leaves, telling her not to joke about Jenna.

Jenna is furious with herself and reflects on how much of a sway Aaron still has over her. She remembers how her crush on him grew over the years, eventually culminating in an incident one day in the rain, almost a year prior.

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