{"product_id":"bye-forever-i-guess","title":"Bye Forever, I Guess","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBye Forever, I Guess\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJodi Meadows\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780823461844\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHoliday House\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan a guarded gamer girl lower her shield for a new friend... or more-than-friend?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"EARNEST AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD... PITCH PERFECT.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirteen-year-old Ingrid's been living a double life. At school, she's the Girl With Dead Parents, her popular friend Rachel's charity case. Online, things are different: 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Ingrid finally stands up to Rachel and \"starts drama,\" it suddenly feels like she has no life at \u003ci\u003eall \u003c\/i\u003e. . . and nowhere to sit at lunch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil she gets a supersweet wrong-number text from a mystery boy at her school, and everything starts to go right. Spending time together playing Ancient Tomes Online as \"Stitches\" and \"Traveler\" makes her feel like she's really \u003ci\u003econnecting \u003c\/i\u003ewith 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 \u003ci\u003eRachel\u003c\/i\u003e--she faces a difficult choice. Can they be friends IRL? She \u003ci\u003ewants \u003c\/i\u003eto open up, but getting close to people has hurt her before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs making real friends only fantasy after all? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBye Forever, I Guess \u003c\/i\u003eis the fresh, funny, and deeply sweet middle-grade debut of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"HILARIOUS... Charming, funny, and endearing.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The most DELIGHTFUL middle-grade romcom I've ever read!\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Ellen Oh, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFinding Junie Kim\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Bye Forever, I Guess | Jodi Meadows | Paperback | 9780823461844 | New | Children's Books 1736246","offer_id":50776513478914,"sku":"1736246","price":25.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/818VQckiBjL.jpg?v=1792153400","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/bye-forever-i-guess","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}