If I Stay: Volume 1

Gayle Forman

May 2009 · If I Stay Book 1 · Random House

About this ebook

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING CHLOE GRACE MORETZ

'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.

Everybody has to make choices.

Some might break you.

For seventeen-year-old Mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions might seem tough, but they're all about a future full of music and love, a future that's brimming with hope.

But life can change in an instant.

A cold February morning . . . a snowy road . . . and suddenly all of Mia's choices are gone. Except one.

As alone as she'll ever be, Mia must make the most difficult choice of all.

Haunting, heartrending and ultimately life-affirming, If I Stay will make you appreciate all that you have, all that you've lost - and all that might be.

Includes interviews with the stars of the film, Chloe Moretz and Jamie Blackley.

Ratings and reviews

As a thirteen year old girl I am quite bratty- it comes with the age. But on reading this book, just as it says in the description, I am so much more appreciative of what I have. 'If I Stay' had me in tears and that is unusual for me. It shares multiple life-changing messages with you and is an overly amazing book! The film doesn't do it enough justice!

Its really good I'm actually still in reading it but the content is actually rather sweet but some parts were a bit gross with a lot of blood and guts but it was touching and moving so epic this is just my opinion though so read it oh and this was posted on the 7/12/14 the way it is done here is I think American I have it in paper back not as a eBook to this just keeps getting longer I am yet to read book 2 to.

I enjoyed the plot and looked forward to the next chapter. I wasn't sure if the end actually was the end and was a little disappointed when I realised it was as it didn't seem time, hence the reason I have bought 'where she went' to find out what happened next so I guess the ending was a smart move on the authors part.

About the author

GAYLE FORMAN is an award-winning author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Seventeen, Cosmopolitan and Elle in the US. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.