How does the author use foreshadowing in Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World?

In Chapter Two, the reader discovers that Ida B. is creative and inquisitive. She has little tolerance for life without some fun. The girl has a unique connection with nature. By giving the trees names, the author helps the reader connect to nature as well. The verbal tone of the different parts of nature bring them to life—the slow-talking, gentle trees that have personalities like humans, and the babbling brook who won't give a straight answer. The trees give Ida B. a message that foreshadows trouble to come.

In Chapter Seven, Ida's parents talked together and came up with a plan for her schooling at home. Ida B. was so happy she was scared to trust what was happening when her parents told her their plan. Everything was so perfect that she didn't brace herself for the possibility that things might go wrong. She later said that was a mistake. This was more foreshadowing of trouble to come.