Jodi Meadows & Nashae Jones at Scrawl Books

Join us at Scrawl Books on Thursday, November 14 at 7PM as we welcome Jodi Meadows and Courtesy of Cupid author Nashae Jones! Jodi and Nashae will be discussing Jodi’s middle grade debut, Bye Forever, I Guess. This book is quirky and sweet, perfect for anyone who’s ever engaged in fandom or had to find somewhere to belong after a friend breakup. Order ahead here: https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/jodi-meadows-nashae-jones ABOUT THE BOOK Ingrid’s online persona is more popular than she is. IRL, she’s the quiet one—until a wrong-number text message offers her a chance at connection. 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. In her online fandoms, she can be her own person: one who’s constantly talking to her long-distance BFF Lorren, crushing it at her favorite MMORPG, and geeking out over her favorite book series. But when Ingrid stands up to Rachel and “starts drama” at school, it suddenly feels like she has no life at all (and nowhere to sit at lunch). Until she gets a wrong-number text from another gamer. . . and everything starts to go right. Guarded, prickly Ingrid isn’t quick to trust, but spending time together playing Ancient Tomes Online as “Stitches” and “Traveler” makes Ingrid feel like she can lay down her sword of standoffishness. But when she starts to suspect that Traveler may be a student at her school, she faces a difficult choice. Can she open up when getting close to people has hurt her before? Or is making friends only fantasy after all? A fresh, funny, and vibrant middle-grade debut from NYT bestselling author Jodi Meadows, Bye Forever, I Guess speaks to the complexity of middle-school friendships (and friend breakups) and the sense of belonging that comes from finding your people. Warm, witty, and endearingly messy, Ingrid’s quest to be herself is sure to resonate in this love letter to geek culture and the healing power of fantasy. ABOUT THE AUTHORS 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 http://JodiMeadows.com , and connect with her on Twitter @‌jodimeadows and on Instagram @‌unicornwarlord. She lives in rural Virginia. Nashae Jones is a freelance writer and an educator. Her fiction and nonfiction pieces have appeared in publications such as_HuffPost_, McSweeney’s, Yahoo Voices, and October Hill Magazine, among others. She lives in Virginia with her husband, two kids, two cats, and one dog. She is passionate about diversity initiatives, especially in children’s literature. You can find her on Twitter @‌Jones_Nashae.

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