Love Big Ida

Starting middle school is tough, but Ida has a plan: become best friends with the Trifectas, the coolest girls in school. Never mind that her best friends, Gabby and Jesse, might not understand, and that her mom has been acting distant and staying in bed all day. Ida needs more friends and someone to talk to about all her confusing thoughts and feelings.

Then, something magical happens.

Just before the first day of school, she receives a mysterious diary. It looks like an ordinary journal, but when Ida writes in it, she gets letters back-from herself. Twenty years in the future, Big Ida is determined to help her younger self survive the chaos of middle school.

But even with Big Ida's advice, Ida soon finds herself stumbling through the tricky world of cafeteria politics, surprise crushes, and class bullies. Can she really trust her future self? Does Big Ida truly remember what it's like to be eleven years old?

With humor, heart, and a little magic, Love Big Ida is a story about finding your way, finding your people, and finding yourself-even when you feel completely lost.