If I Stay

Booktalk
Mia's life is full of choices: who to hang out with, how to dress, who to date, and what dreams to pursue. Deciding whether or not to pursue her cellist dreams at Julliard is of particular concern, until one day that's all undone. A car accident on a snowy road leaves Mia in an out-of-body experience, watching her comatose body in the hospital. As she ruminates on her loving and quirky family, her hip and caring boyfriend, and her classical music dreams, disembodied Mia realizes she only has one choice left to make as she asks, "What will happen If I Stay?"

If You Like This Book, Try These Ones Next

 * Where She Went by Gayle Forman (the sequel)
 * The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
 * The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Check Out the Movie


The film adaptation of If I Stay was released in August 2014.

Teen Voices
After being asked what kind of books she likes to read:

"I really like fiction, but the realistic stories. I like reading about characters that seem real and kind of think and act like me. That's one of the reasons I liked this book. The main character seemed very real to me." - Sarah, age 16

A Little More Information
Forman, Gayle. If I Stay: A Novel''. New York: Dutton Books, 2009. Print.''

ISBN-13: 978-0142415436

Kindle Price: $2.99

Annotation: After a car accident, a cellist finds herself trapped in an out-of-body experience with the choice to stay and keep living or to pass on from the world.