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|title= If I Stay
|author= Gayle Forman
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|pages=224
|publisher= Doubleday
|date= May 2008
|isbn=978-0385616201
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Mia has a choice to make, but it's no longer music or Adam. It's the only choice that really matters in the end. Life or death. But with everything she's lost, does she have enough left to live for?
Oh dear , this book made me cry. It's not very often a book can move me to tears – usually , I need to be listening to soppy music to get that lump in the throat, but ''If I Stay'' needed no musical assistance. It's tragic, it's beautiful and it's brilliant.
For the first few pages, ''If I Stay'' comes across like a light -hearted story about a teenager, her love life and her kooky family, but from the moment Forman hits you with the devastatingly detached description of the aftermath of the crash, you know you've picked up something special.
What follows is a touching and emotional examination of love in all its forms – the love between children and parents, teenage love, love for music, love between friends, the bond people share through mutual love of another person – and the choices, and sacrifices, we sometimes have to make for love.
Incredibly sad, but life -affirming and heart warmingheartwarming, everyone who has ever had to make a difficult choice involving things they love should read this book. I challenge any of you not to cry on the final few pages!
If you enjoyed this, you may also like [[Before I Die by Jenny Downham]] and [[Just One Wish by Janette Rallison]]. We also have a review of the [[Where She Went by Gayle Forman|sequel]] to ''If I Stay'', but beware, there are spoilers!
My thanks to the publishers for sending a copy of this wonderful book.
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