Bye Forever, I Guess

By: Jodi Meadows

Narrated by: Eevin Hartsough

INGRID’S ONLINE PERSONA IS COOLER THAN SHE IS. CAN THIS GUARDED GAMER GIRL LOWER HER SHIELD FOR A NEW FRIEND … OR MORE-THAN-FRIEND?

Thirteen-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 series fandom, and runs a popular social media account. If only real life were that easy.

But when Ingrid finally stands up to Rachel and “starts drama,” it suddenly feels like she has no life at all … and nowhere to sit at lunch.

Until 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 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. 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.

"The most delightful middle-grade romcom I've ever read! Sweet and funny and utterly adorable!"—ELLEN OH, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF FINDING JUNIE KIM

©2024 Jodi Meadows (P)2024 Recorded Books

Adorable Middle Grade read!

Loved the characters. Loved the treatment of the storyline about losing (and making!) friendships as we age through school. First crush version of you’ve got mail. Absolutely a joy to read.

I loved the story

I didn't live the voice for the main character Ingrid and didn't sound like her and the Oliver voice was really ragady

Amazing

I loved the whole thing!! Ingrid is adorably awkward and Oliver and Ingrid are the best couple. I prefer the book...

The authors thinking of the story was remarkable.

The person who was telling the story did so good on different voices. And the story was just amazing!

Yay

Too short but adorable good read for kids but not inappropriate for young adults. Would recommend reading this to anyone who wants to read a better piece of literature.