like, okay, MAYBE birdsall was trying to indicate that skye had healed from her trauma and mellowed out, BUT. that also implies that the only reason she rejected jeffrey was because of said trauma, and not because she was a. not interested and b. he was flagrantly ignoring her Extremely Clear boundaries. like. jeanne. girlie. what message are you trying to send here

but skye being so thrilled to study uninterrupted. staying up all night when she’s in the zone. i bet she gets adopted by multiple kind roomates over the years who sort of take her in like a stray cat, leaving food by her door when they learn her habits of working so long and forgetting to eat. i bet she meets friends who help her chill out. i bet she goes out just to end up in a drunken heated debate over dark matter theories or something nerdy like that with her academic rivals. she finds new things she loves: bands, fashion, maybe she tries out other pronouns. skye finding themself a little.

jeffery visits and they go to the symphony. i bet they play something by saint-saens and skye is actually kind of moved by it. they walk out and she grabs jeffery by the shoulders like, dude, i think i get it. why you’re obsessed with music. that made me feel something like i feel stargazing. jeffery grins and they hug and there’s so much love and it’s not the slightest bit romantic.

visiting home around christmas skye asks jane to cut their hair. jane is simultaneously ecstatic and terrified to mess it up. it ends in skye yelling JUST CUT IT OFF and it’s the middle of the night and it wakes everyone up. it looks terrible but iantha is able to patch it up a bit.

skye continues to tutor other students and becomes really well respected as a knowledgeable effective teacher. she has a good community.

No, I do not care that it's a middle grade series.

Literally, this ^^^^^