If I Stay by Gayle FormanOn the library stacks: YA Fiction
AR Reading Level: 5.3
Series: Book 1 of 2 (If I Stay)
Awards: Publishers Weekly Best Book, An ALA/YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award, Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee, TAYSHAS High School Reading List, Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction, ALA Teens' Top Ten, Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee, Florida Teens Read Nominee, Delaware Blue Hen Award, Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee, NAIBA Book of the Year for Children's Literature
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Between all the awards and all the reviews, you can see I am definitely late hopping on this bandwagon. I heard so much about this book before I read it, I wasn't sure if I would like it. But I surprised myself by really enjoying it. I actually read it in a day.
Publisher's blurb:
In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make.I didn't cry like I thought I would, but I did feel very wrapped up in the story. I will definitely read the next in the series.
Also reviewed by: Capricious Reader ~ The Bluestocking Society ~ Literary Grand Rounds ~ The Book Nest ~ At Home With Books ~ Savvy Verse & Wit ~ My Own Little Corner of the World ~ It's All About Books ~ So Many Books, So Little Time ~ Alison McCarty
Source: Purchased
4 comments:
I didn't realize this is a YA book. It sounds very emotional.
I did cry! :) Powerful book - and I think I liked the sequel even a little better.
I see you say this is the first of three. Is there going to be a third book in the series? I'd definitely read that.
Thanks for the link!
I really loved this book! It was so good. Yes, I cried at the end. So sad, but so good. I really need to pick the second book up. Glad to hear that you enjoyed reading it.
Alison, my bad. It is just two right now. I just went and bought the second this past weekend.
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