If I Stay
By Gayle Foreman
Mia is a very talented seventeen year old cello player. She has a rock and roll boyfriend, adoring parents, and a kid brother that she actually gets along with. They all live in Oregon state. One morning, Mia’s family gets up, and it is snowing. Hard. Mia’s parents decide that since school is cancelled, they will take an impromptu trip to the grandparents’ house, only about an hour away. But on the way, there is a terrible car accident. Mia’s parents both die. Mia’s little brother, Teddy, is severely injured, and dies later that same day at the hospital. Mia goes into a coma, but she is somehow aware of what is going on around her, and her spirit walks around, watching the reactions of everyone around her. She is left with an impossible decision—to stay, and be with those who are still alive who know and love her, or to die, to slip quietly away in a coma and be with her beloved parents and brother. Her decision, and the way that she makes it, will not soon leave you.
Gayle Foreman
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