Jo Reilly is a major character in the Woodview Stories series and the narrator of Will It Ever Get Better?
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After thinking she was an only child for 15 years, Jo learns she has a half-sister the same age as her. When Elena joins her at Woodview High School, Jo is forced to reconsider who her true friends really are.
I look at my reflection in the mirror and try to breathe. In for four seconds, hold for two seconds, out for eight seconds, and repeat. It was the method my mom had drilled into my head when I was younger and I knew I could count on it to temporarily calm me down.
Name: Joanne Colleen Reilly
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Age: 15
Birthday: May 19
Hometown: Woodview, New York
Ethnicity: Irish
Languages: English
Grade: Sophomore
Activities & Interests: Color Guard
Appearance: Jo is a teenage white girl with long straight blonde hair, light blue eyes, and pale skin with pink undertones. She is tall and not actually fat (but compared to the other girls at Woodview, she believes she is). She wears basic makeup, whatever she sees the other girls wearing. Her fashion sense is also basic, also based on whatever the other girls are wearing. She just wants to be like the other girls. She likes the color pink.
FAMILY
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Kevin Reilly (Father)
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Meg Reilly (Mother)
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Elena Flores (Half-sister)
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FRIENDS
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Read Her Story
Jo Reilly has dealt with a lot of big changes lately. She’s sharing a room with a surprise half-sister, her parents are always fighting, her best friends aren’t speaking to her, and she’s falling for someone totally unexpected. All she wants is to be normal, but what does that even mean? Jo must learn to shed her insecurities, resentments, and preconceived notions, in order to be true to herself and find the people who really care about her.