Author(s): Gayle Forman

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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.Gripping, 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.