Jake Semple

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Jake Semple is a fictional character from the book Surviving the Applewhites. He is described as having scarlet hair, which he wears in spikes, although his original hair color is brown. He wears all black clothing. He is also a very good singer, gaining the part of Rolf in the production The Sound of Music. While at first he enjoys being typecast as a "bad kid" by people, he begins to long to break free of the stereotype. He is very kind to Destiny, a four year old child, as well as Winston, the lovable basset hound. Although he is friends with Destiny, the tyke annoys him to no end. In one part of the book, Destiny emulates Jake's red hair by dying his own hair purple with Kool-Aid because he's been told that purple color doesn't go off.

Jake Semple
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First appearance	Chapter 1
Last appearance	Chapter 30
Cause/reason	Unfortunately because of End of Book
Created by	Stephanie S. Tolan
Information
Nickname(s)	Jake Semple
Aliases	The Bad Kid From the City
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Age	13 as of 2002
Date of birth	May, 1989
Date of death	n/a
Occupation	Student
Family	Mother and Father imprisoned for attempting to sell marijuana to an off-duty deputy, Grandfather who can't handle Jake.