Bye Forever, I Guess
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Can a guarded gamer girl lower her shield for a new friend... or more-than-friend?
"EARNEST AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD... PITCH PERFECT."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
Thirteen-year-old Ingrid's been living a double life. At school, she's her popular friend Rachel's charity case. Online, she crushes it in her favorite MMORPG, geeks out in her favorite fantasy fandom, and runs a popular social media account. If only real life were that easy.
But when Ingrid finally stands up to Rachel, it suddenly feels like she has no life at all.
Until she gets a super-sweet wrong-number text from a mystery boy at her school. Spending time together gaming as "Stitches" and "Traveler" makes her feel like she's really connecting with someone. But when she begins to suspect that Traveler may be a popular classmate who is WAY above her in the cool-kid food chain--and whose original text was actually intended for Rachel--she faces a difficult choice. Can they be friends IRL? She wants to open up, but getting close to people has hurt her before. Is making real friends only fantasy after all?
Bye Forever, I Guess is the fresh, funny, and deeply sweet middle-grade debut of New York Times bestselling author Jodi Meadows (MY LADY JANE). Speaking to the messiness of middle-school friendships (and first loves), this is a warm, witty, enormously entertaining book--and a love letter to geek culture, gaming, and the healing power of fantasy.
"HILARIOUS... Charming, funny, and endearing."--Kirkus Reviews
"The most DELIGHTFUL middle-grade romcom I've ever read!"--Ellen Oh, award-winning author of Finding Junie Kim
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year o A Booklist Best Book of the Year o A Bookshop.org Best Book of the Year o An American Booksellers Association Indie Next Selection o A Staff Pick at Parnussas Books, Bookmarks, Belmont Books, Broadway Books, and Many More
About this Author
Jodi Meadows is the author of Nightrender, Dawnbreaker, the Incarnate and Fallen Isles trilogies, and is a coauthor of New York Times bestsellers My Lady Jane and My Plain Jane. You can visit her website at JodiMeadows.com, and connect with her on Instagram @unicornwarlord. She lives in rural Virginia.
Reviews
? "Meadows presents an earnest and laugh-out-loud middle grade debut that's both a winning exploration of tween friendship and a pitch-perfect paean to fan culture and the thrill of finding one's community."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
? "A hilarious enemies-to-something-more tale, told equally in prose and text messages, this book is sure to please any middle schooler in need of a sweet romance. Hand to fans of Cory Doctorow's In Real Life (2014) and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player (2021)."--Booklist, Starred Review
? "Bye Forever, I Guess makes an excellent case for wanting more for ourselves in all areas of our lives, and for insisting on being seen, even if it's awkward or scary at first. Meadows' middle grade debut is a well-written, winning coming-of-age tale with loads of hilarity, empathy and heart."--BookPage, Starred Review
"Charming, funny, and endearing."--Kirkus Reviews
"A must for young rom-com fans."--The Bulletin
"This book has made me a Jodi Meadows fan for life. The friendship, the gaming, the romance--I could not put down Bye Forever, I Guess."--Susan Dennard, New York Times bestselling author of The Luminaries and Truthwitch
"Charming and often hilarious, Bye Forever, I Guess shines a light on the complexities of middle-school friendship, and how to follow your own true north even when everyone else is headed the other way. A warm, sparkly gem of a novel. I loved it."--Stacey Lee, New York Times and Indie-bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl and Luck of the Titanic
"Sweet and funny and utterly adorable! Ingrid is real and lovable, and your heart will be so full. The most delightful middle-grade romcom I've ever read!"--Ellen Oh, award-winning author of Finding Junie Kim
"Equal parts middle school awkwardness, winsome love story, and unflinching exploration of friendship--the kind that hurts, and the kind that forever changes you for the better. I adored this book."--Julie C. Dao, award-winning author of Team Chu and the Battle Of Blackwood Arena and Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
"I wanted to climb inside this book and live there. Can these characters be my friends, please? As soon as I finished, I wanted to start it again."--Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of The World Between Blinks, the Elementals series, and The Isle of the Gods
"Sweeter than a heart-shaped donut, this book will charm your (hand-knit) socks off. Clear your schedule and read it all in one sitting!"--Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess and the Scoundrel and Night of the Witch
"Effortlessly captures the pain of friendship breakups, the joy of finding your people, and the messy, chaotic, complicated process of growing up. Ingrid is all of us, just figuring it out as she goes."--Erin Bowman, award-winning author of The Girl and the Witch's Garden
"The kind of story you can't put down--it keeps dishing up the best surprises. A beautiful, cozy book."--Fran Wilde, Nebula Award-winning author of Riverland and The Ship of Stolen Words
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