Emily Jackson

Emily Jackson is the main protagonist of the story "why me" and is a kind and hard-working girl at school. Her favourite colour is blue. She has two close friends - Megan and Alice, but is one day bullied by a boy in her class called Tom.

She has lived with her mum for all her life. It is not quite explained about her dad, but just that he was "largely abscent".

She had a boyfriend called Harvey, whom she met when she was thirteen and later when she was seventeen, she met Luke, who would continue to be her boyfriend for well over a year.

She has mentioned a fear of heights and that she once stood on a rooftop and felt scared.