If I Stay
Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.
I open my eyes wide now.
I sit up as much as I can.
And I listen.
Stay, he says.
Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind?
Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters.
If I Stay is a heartbreakingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices we all make.
NAIBA Book of the Year for Children's Literature (2009); Goodreads Choice Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009); YALSA Teens' Top Ten (2010); ALA/YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (2010); Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2010); Florida Teens Read Nominee (2010); South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2011); Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee (2011); Delaware Blue Hen Award (2011); Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2012)
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About the If I Stay Series
Books in series order
- 1.If I Stay(2009)
- 2.Where She Went(2011)
Reading age: 14+ years
This series should be read in order.
In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces – to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, If I Stay and its sequel, Where She Went, will change the way you look at life, love, and family.
Please Note: This series contains material which may be inappropriate for younger readers including issues of drug use, sex and language.