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A seventh grader at the Lark Creek middle school and a notorious bully. Janice Avery’s imposing stature, petty cruelty, and the help she gets from her sidekicks Wilma and Bobby Sue all make her a frightening presence to the elementary school students. As the novel progresses, Janice’s tyranny increases and she targets Jess’s sister May Belle, so Jess and Leslie successfully hatch a plan to prank Janice—but soon realize that Janice is dealing with personal family problems that perhaps fuel her anger, meanness, and desire for control over others. Janice eventually becomes a much more sympathetic figure, and Leslie even begins refers to her as a kind of half-friend.
Janice Avery Quotes in Bridge to Terabithia
The Bridge to Terabithia quotes below are all either spoken by Janice Avery or refer to Janice Avery. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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There in the shadowy light of the stronghold everything seemed possible. Between the two of them they owned the world and no enemy, Gary Fulcher, Wanda Kay Moore, Janice Avery, Jess’s own fears and insufficiencies, nor any of the foes whom Leslie imagined attacking Terabithia, could ever really defeat them.
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Chapter 7
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“Janice Avery is a very unfortunate person. Do you realize that?”
“What was she crying about, for heaven’s sake?”
“It’s a very complicated situation. I can understand now why Janice has so many problems related to people. […] Did you know her father beats her?”
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Janice Avery Quotes in Bridge to Terabithia
The Bridge to Terabithia quotes below are all either spoken by Janice Avery or refer to Janice Avery. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 4
Quotes
There in the shadowy light of the stronghold everything seemed possible. Between the two of them they owned the world and no enemy, Gary Fulcher, Wanda Kay Moore, Janice Avery, Jess’s own fears and insufficiencies, nor any of the foes whom Leslie imagined attacking Terabithia, could ever really defeat them.
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Chapter 7
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“Janice Avery is a very unfortunate person. Do you realize that?”
“What was she crying about, for heaven’s sake?”
“It’s a very complicated situation. I can understand now why Janice has so many problems related to people. […] Did you know her father beats her?”
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