Bye Forever, I Guess: Chapters 6–10

by Jodi Meadows
Thirteen-year-old Ingrid's relationship with her popular friend Rachel is changing in ways she's not sure how to deal with. But her online friendship with a mysterious boy she meets through a mistaken text is a comfort...or is it?

Here are links to our lists for the book: Chapters 1-5, Chapters 6-10, Chapters 11-16, Chapters 17-22, Chapters 23-29
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  1. dubious
    not convinced
    She’d seemed dubious, because even the description had upset me, but she went back to the store and bought the entire series in hardcover.
  2. cinematic
    pertaining to or having the qualities of a film
    I knew it was bad as soon as I heard the crack, but the whole tragedy happened in cinematic slow motion.
  3. fissure
    a long narrow opening
    As it settled onto the sidewalk for its last gasp, I watched the fissure crawl along the glass until my poor phone was split end to end, with a spiderweb of doom on the top right corner.
  4. unearthly
    suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
    An unearthly golden light extended from her outstretched hands, radiating sharply against the shadowed monsters on the outside edges of the cover.
  5. sterling
    highest in quality
    (Rachel would never have allowed it; no one could be permitted to smudge her sterling reputation.)
  6. speculate
    talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way
    Fans had been speculating that if—and that was a big if—the fifth book was ever released, the publisher would change the cover so that longtime Essa fans had to rebuy the first four if we wanted our copies to match.
  7. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
    Okay, that was improbable, seeing as he hadn’t even realized who I was at first, but one could never be too careful when it came to Rachel’s machinations.
  8. pang
    a sudden sharp feeling
    Another pang of loneliness shot through me as my gaze drifted toward my old table.
  9. midst
    the location of something surrounded by other things
    The weight of everyone’s attention dropped on me, the intense curiosity as they suddenly became aware of an invisible person in their midst.
  10. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
    Surely I could come up with something smart and scathing, something that would let Rachel—and everyone else—know that she was my ex-friend for a reason.
  11. devious
    characterized by insincerity or deceit
    Rachel was devious.
  12. quota
    a prescribed number
    So I’m not asking, but I almost did, and unfortunately I didn’t know how to back out of the “I have a question” thing without making up something ridiculous or coming clean, and I already asked you about going to Mars today, so I figured my quota for ridiculous questions was probably full.
  13. devotion
    feelings of ardent love
    “They accidentally texted me a declaration of their undying devotion and love.”
  14. maul
    injure badly
    “Stitches,” Lorren said, “I don’t know. Your new friend gets mauled by monsters that aren’t even in the game. How much do we really want him to join us?”
  15. buffer
    someone who shields you from something harmful or annoying
    It was just the two of us now. Without Lorren to be a buffer.
Created on Thu Dec 11 08:44:10 EST 2025 (updated Mon Jan 26 18:10:51 EST 2026)

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