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After a car accident, a teenage cellist must decide whether to hold on to life
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What it is about
Mia Hall is seventeen, a gifted cellist with a loving family and a boyfriend in a rock band. A car accident on a snowy day leaves her watching what happens to her family and the people she loves from outside her body. She has to decide whether she wants to stay.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like short, emotional stories about family and music.
What you will get
A fast tearjerker. It can be read in a single sitting.
If I Stay Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Young Adult · Family · Music · Choices
Length
234 pages · ≈ 7 h
More about this book
Characters
Mia Hall, her family and her boyfriend Adam.
Setting
Oregon, with one day told in the hospital and memories in flashback.
What makes it different
One day, told in the present and through flashbacks.
Feel
Sad, tender and hopeful.
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