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<small>''"Jess" redirects here. For the doll, see [[Jess McConnell (doll)]]. For the book, see [[Jess (book)|Jess]].''</small>
{{Infobox character
|name = Jess McConnell
|image = Image:Jesslogo.jpg
|imagewidth = 300px
|fullname = Jess Akiko McConnell
|born = 1996
|serieslocation = Belize<ref>Jess is from Michigan, but the book takes place in Belize.</ref>
|firstappearance = [[Jess (book)|Jess]]
|father = Mr. McConnell
|mother = Mrs. McConnell
|siblings = Heather McConnell<br>
Jason McConnell
|grandparents = Grandma Emi}}
'''Jess McConnell''' is the fourth [[Girls of the Year|Girl of the Year]]. She was released in '''2006'''.

==Personality and Facts==
Jess Akiko McConnell is the ten-year-old daughter of two archaeologists from Houghton, Michigan<ref>[[Jess (book)| Jess]], pg 55: ''Maybe I'd bring a hammock back to Houghton, to use instead of a bed.''</ref>. Her father is of Irish and Scottish descent and her mother is of Japanese descent, although both sides of the family have lived in the USA for several generations. She is the "baby" of the family with a much older brother and sister.

She goes to Belize on a dig with her parents, so that they do not have to worry about childcare for her while out of the country. She is uninterested in the actual archaeological work, although she likes to learn about and imagine the lives of the Mayan people whose artifacts her parents are studying. Jess is in fourth grade--she is home schooled on the trip to Belize and was not expected to go.<ref>[[Jess (book)| Jess]], pg 2: ''[Jess's parents] hadn't planned to take any of [their] kids out of school for this trip[...].''</ref> She sends her assignments to her teacher via a laptop. She studies the guitar and loves to play soccer. She initially spends the book making lists and journal entries about her time in Belize, but later is caught in an archaeological exploration.

Her best friend in Belize is a girl named Sarita Bol, who is of Mayan descent. She and Sarita take an eco-tour of Belize together, foster a baby parrot they name Pippi, and stumble on a historical treasure underground. Jess likes animals as well as playing soccer; in her book, she states that she may want to be a professional soccer player when she grows up. She also suggests being a professional snowboarder when she grows up. Jess is described as energetic and adventurous.

==Book==

[[Jess (book)|''Jess'']] by [[Mary Casanova]]

==[[Doll]]==

:''See: [[Jess McConnell (doll)]]''
[[File:Jessface.jpg|thumb|200px|The Jess doll.]]
* [[Face Mold]]: [[Jess Mold]]
* Skin: Light
* Hair: Dark brown with red streaks
* Eyes: Dark brown

==Collection==

:See: [[Jess's Collection]]

==Trivia==

* Jess is the first explicitly biracial character, with a Japanese mother and Scottish-Irish father. She was followed by [[Kanani Akina]] and [[Evette Peeters]].
* Jess was the first Girl of the Year to have an official middle name, later followed by [[Chrissa Maxwell]], [[Joss Kendrick]], and [[Lila Monetti]].
* Jess was the first Girl of the Year to introduce a new [[Face Mold|face mold]] to the brand, with the second being [[Joss Kendrick]]. (While [[Sonali Matthews]] also introduced the Sonali mold, she is considered a companion character.)
* Jess was the first Girl of the Year to explicitly carry the label of "Girl of the Year."
* Jess was the first character whose story didn't primarily take place in the United States (or a location that will later be part of the United States) as Belize is in Central America. This was followed by [[Kira Bailey]], whose stories predominantly take place in Australia. [[Grace Thomas]] goes to France for one book, but the rest of her books are set in the US; [[Lea Clark]] also goes to Brazil, but her last book is in the US.

==See Also==

* [[Minor Characters in Jess's Story]]

==References and Footnotes==

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