Cover of If I Stay

If I Stay

If I Stay seriesbook 1 of 2Next:Where She Went(2011) →

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.

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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 Stayis a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices we all make.

Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 201 pages

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