Another big change happened when I took two major characters— Ida’s aunt and uncle—completely out of the story. I really liked Aunt Eunice and Uncle Ervin, so it was hard to let them go, but by removing their “story thread" the book tightened up and tuned in on Ida’s friendship problems at school.

In this deleted scene, Ida finds out that her mom is going back to college. Ida will have to start going to her aunt and uncle’s house every day, after school.

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