If I Stay
by:
Gayle Forman (author)
Mia has no memory of the accident that changed her life. This inexperienced 17-year-old only recalls riding on that slippery Oregon road with her family, then, in an instant, seeing herself lifted from the twisted wreck. This affecting story of one young woman's struggle through tragedy and...
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Mia has no memory of the accident that changed her life. This inexperienced 17-year-old only recalls riding on that slippery Oregon road with her family, then, in an instant, seeing herself lifted from the twisted wreck. This affecting story of one young woman's struggle through tragedy and grieving will appeal to readers of books like Thirteen Reasons Why.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780142415436 (014241543X)
ASIN: 9780142415436
Publish date: 06-04-2010
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Series: If I Stay (#1)
If I Stay By Gayle Forman I give ‘If I Stay’ four and a half stars. It was an emotional roller coaster of Mia’s life. Mia is the odd one in a family of punk rockers. She has recently been hospitalized because of a car accident that killed her family and she has to decide whether she wants to stay o...
I had seen the movie and enjoyed it. The book was a nice companion to fill in a few areas and make them more interesting. This book was like eating candy while soaking up the sun.
So, this is one of those books that, like The Fault in Our Stars, I conscientiously avoided even after it gained tons of good reviews and popularity, spawned a couple sequels/companion novels, and got adapted into a movie. I finally caved and read it for my Book Club, and discovered that I was prett...
I knew going into this book that it was going to be sad. I have to be in the mood for a good tearjerker and I certainly was when I settled in to read this one. I made sure I had nowhere to go the following day just in case this book kept me up until 3 am and left me a sobbing mess unfit for the publ...
I did like this one quite a bit, but I think someone who is a musician will love it. Music is the driving force for so much within the story.