Bye Forever, I Guess: Chapters 11–16

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. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
    Saturn can only fit 764 Earths.
    Not to disparage Saturn at all.
  2. suffice
    be adequate, either in quality or quantity
    Suffice to say, I am a loser with no friends.
  3. tundra
    a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
    It was only Virginia, after all, not the icy tundra of Michigan.
  4. woeful
    affected by or full of grief or sadness
    “You married her, but you won’t marry me?” he asked in a dramatically woeful tone.
  5. lunge
    make a thrusting forward movement
    A ghost lunged at his character.
  6. vigil
    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
    Dutifully, I sat vigil at my window.
  7. companionable
    suggestive of friendship or amity; friendly
    Soon we were both working on our own projects in companionable quiet.
  8. conserve
    use cautiously and frugally
    The screen went dark and I let it—only to conserve the battery.
  9. bobbin
    a spool around which thread or other material can be wound
    While Grandma went back to the kitchen to gather cocoa supplies, I showed Oliver and his dad how the different parts moved, then gave them a quick demonstration of how wool was spun onto the bobbin.
  10. exert
    have and put to use
    The more mass it has, the more gravity it exerts on the space around it.
  11. grudge
    a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
    And—out of nowhere—he apparently believed I had a grudge against his sister.
  12. autopilot
    a mental state in which you act without self-awareness
    Somehow—autopilot, maybe—I made it through the rest of math.
  13. perish
    pass from physical life
    When another desperate swallow did not improve the situation, and it seemed like I might indeed perish, I went for the door as quickly (and stealthily) as I could, then threw myself upon the mercy of a water fountain.
  14. prevail
    prove superior
    I PREVAILED.
  15. malign
    speak unfavorably about
    And I, for one, am tired of the way black holes get maligned!
Created on Thu Dec 11 08:44:32 EST 2025 (updated Mon Jan 26 18:14:32 EST 2026)

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