Bye Forever, I Guess
by Jodi Meadows
Thirteen-year-old Ingrid lives a double life: in real life she's the overlooked best friend of a popular, manipulative classmate, but online she anonymously runs a wildly popular blog of hilarious wrong-number texts and has a close long-distance best friend through an MMORPG. When a mysterious wrong-number texter sparks a sweet new online friendship (and possible crush) just as a charming new boy moves to town, Ingrid must navigate the messy overlap of her two worlds while healing from the earlier loss of both her parents. The story thoughtfully explores themes of grief, the end of a toxic friendship, online safety and identity, and the courage it takes to let people truly see you, all wrapped in a warm, funny love letter to geek and gaming culture.
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