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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.

‘This is a haunting and heartbreaking novel reminiscent of The Lovely Bones, which moves betweenMia’s recollections and the present with ease. Impossible to put down.’ Sue Steel, The Bookseller

‘One reviewer compares it to The Lovely Bones and it’s a novel to make you appreciate everythingyou have and what it would be like to lose it all.’ The Bookseller Teen Category Preview

‘A though-provoking and surprisingly romantic novel, If I Stay has taught me the lightening speedand intensity with which a tragedy can occur and to recognise the things that make life worthsaving for.’ 4 1/2 STAR REVIEW, Good Reading

‘My favourite book of the year so far by a mile.’ Sarah Webb, Irish Independent‘Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the people and thingsthat make them worth living.’ US Publishers Weekly

‘Laced with insight, good humour, and wonder.’ Booklist US‘If I Stay is one of those great rare books with a deeply authentic voice that can speak for and movea generation. Not since TWILIGHT have we seen as emotionally moving a book for a youth audiencewith this kind of crossover appeal. We are thrilled to be working on this property and hope to bringit very quickly to the screen.’ Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production

2009 Teen novel of the YEAR!


If I Stay
by Gayle Forman
ISBN 9780385616218
RRP: $29.95