{"product_id":"9780823461844","title":"Bye Forever, I Guess","description":"\u003cb\u003eCan a guarded gamer girl lower her shield for a new friend… or more-than-friend?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"EARNEST AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD... PITCH PERFECT.\"\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs making real friends only fantasy after all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"HILARIOUS... Charming, funny, and endearing.\"\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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","brand":"Jodi Meadows","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46992846389460,"sku":"9780823461844","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_73a3d051-0a01-4624-936f-1e24fe44678c.jpg?v=1759439746","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780823461844","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}