A Teenage Novel by Gayle Forman, If I Stay

It was winter when there was no work and classes were suspended due to the heavy snow Mia which was played by Chloe Moretz and her parents decided that they will visit their Grandparents. Everything was set and fine and their family was on their way to their Grandparent’s house, not until their car slid because of the snow and collided into a truck. Mia woke up on the ground and saw their wrecked car. Mia looked for parents and saw her dad dead and her dad’s brain was scattered on the roadway, she looked for her mom and saw her mom still in one piece but lifeless. Mia looked for teddy his younger brother and saw a hand and she walked near to it, when she saw the body, Mia was stunned

It all started with a normal girl. Or as everyone thinks she is normal. Her name is Julie and she has 3 sisters and 2 brothers and of course a mom and dad. One day she asks her mom and dad to take her to the library to look for a science book because she loves science. Then the whole family decides to go because they wanted to get a book too. All of the sudden when they were driving a car comes out of nowhere and smashes into them. BAM!!!!!!!!!!! They were all rushed to the emergency room. After ,the doctor came into Julie's room and had to wake her up from her nap to tell her something important. So as soon as Julie woke up she didn't know where she was, so she asked the doctor where she was.

I could not see her for she was wrapped in an old green rag. My heart pounded as I looked at her, tears leaving my eyes quicker than warmth in winter. I quickly went inside and bounded up the stairs to my room. I was shocked to see my bed completely bare, all essence of her gone, light shining through the windows of the bright, sunny day as if my world hadn’t just turned completely upside down. I don’t know how long I sat on the edge of my bed with a blank mind, unmoving. Finally when the skies were a mix of purple and orange, I heard a knock at my door. I honestly don’t remember what my parents said, because I had lost all energy and willingness to

Mia explains how her family is very different from her and says, "And as if to seal the deal, instead of learning to play the electric guitar, I'd gone and chosen the cello" (23). Mia's family and even her boyfriend likes punk or rock music. Her parents have completely different personalities, and are more ironic and sarcastic. On the other hand Mia is more quiet and serious. This shows she's independent because most people her age would take on the traits of her family. Not many seventeen-year-olds can say they love classical music as much as she does. Mia also has a deep love for the cello. When she told her parents she would start playing the instrument, they burst out laughing. When Mia doesn't have school she wakes up and says to her parents, "I'm pondering going back to bed. My cello's at school, so I can't even practice" (8). Mia was disappointed that she couldn't practicing playing the cello. Most people Mia's age would probably want to be hanging out with friends or simply watching T.V. on a day off. Mia just decides she's going to sleep because she can't play the cello. She feels there's nothing else to

In the novel, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, 17 year-old Mia Hall’s life is changed after she gets into a terrible car accident. Before the accident she had a wonderful family, boyfriend, best friend, and a career ahead of her in music. Mia and her boyfriend were both musicians and they collected records. Although her life wasn't as wonderful as it seemed. Mainly because she felt out of place in her family. She looks different and her family is “cool” when she is not. One day, the family was driving on the snowy road when all of a sudden they crashed. Mia’s whole family is killed except for her, in which she was is in a coma. While in the coma, Mia had many flashbacks remembering the highlights of her life. Throughout the coma Mia felt like

Gayle Forman's book, If I Stay, has been recently made into a movie that overall lacks key points, varies in the plot structure, and differentiates in dynamic characterization. If I Stay is mostly focused on a girl who survives a car accident in which the rest of her family dies. Throughout the story she is in a Coma, fighting for her life, while her boyfriend tries to make her fight and to stay. The majority of the story is revolved around their relationship, her love for playing the cello, as well as the situation she is in and her choice to stay alive. Forman portrays this and makes everything possible by having the girl go through an out-of-body experience where she is able to see her self and everything happening around her, along with frequent flashbacks to her past.

Have you ever had to make a hard choice between two things? Maybe in a life or death situation? If I Stay by Gayle Forman Is about a girl Mia Hall and Her boyfriend Adam. Instead of a family filled snow day, her day seems to turn. As Mia is enjoying her morning with her brother teddy, her mom, and her dad, it all ends after a terrible car accident. Although the book and movie are very different, Mia is rushed to the hospital. As Mia can see everything around her, she's confused, and scared. During the book her father is dead on the scene along with her mom, while teddy is in a different hospital. In the movie Mia, her father, And Teddy ae in the same hospital. Mia is the only one who survives this tragic accident. Throughout the

I ran to my mom and told her the good news, but she looked dimly at me and only smiled a little, I asked what's wrong and she said, “All of my tumors have gone down but, I’m still sick, I can't have people raising money for me when i keep getting sick”, her voice cracking, all i said was “oh” and walked away, there was nothing i could do...When I got home from school, my aunt Cindy was there and Emergency responders were right in front of my aunt, my mom was on the floor and I freaked and ran toward her, a policeman asked me to identify myself, I said her daughter and i asked what went wrong, all he said was “I can't give that information, sorry” I started to get lightheaded and the only thing I remember was falling on the cold, bare ground, and darkness covering

If I stay is about a 16 year old girl named Mia. Mia is telling the whole story it’s kind of like her journal. Like I said this book is romantic but also suspenseful. Romantic because Mia has a boyfriend named Adam and suspenseful because her and her family get in a car crash driving to their grandmas and grandpas. While Mia is in a coma she starts remembering a lot of her memories. Her and her family live in Oregon it’s winter and there is just a thin white layer of snow. Page 3.

This summer my reading book was called If i stay by Gayle forman. I enjoyed the book a lot. I am now reading where she went witch is the sequel to If i stay. Gayle Forman left you wondering so you wanted to read the next book. The book was about mia and her family on a snow day. The main characters are Mia and Teddy and their Mom and Dad and Mia’s boyfriend Adam. The book setting changings with out the book.

What would you do if one day the people that have always been there for you since day one disappeared and there was no way of getting them back? Would you give up so you don't have to face all that pain alone, or would you fight knowing you would never see them again? The book “If I stay” by Gayle Forman is about a 17 year old girl named Mia who has a dream of becoming a famous cellist. Mia and her family get into a really bad car accident. Mia is thrown from the car and is left standing on the side of the road confused, trying to let everything that has just happen to sink in. She starts to have an out of body experience where she can see everything around her. Her parents die at the scene but Mia and her little brother Teddy are

Gayle Forman is a fairly known author, but mostly in the world of teens. Gayle Forman is now known mostly for writing young adult fiction, but that isn’t where she began her career. Gayle Forman got her start in writing as a journalist, where she got her first job at Seventeen magazine. She began her work there by reporting what was going on in the world, and telling the stories of people she had crossed paths with. She remained at her job at Seventeen until she decided to start a family with her husband, and decided that being a journalist was too hard to juggle when you are also a mother, because journalism requires traveling. She began writing her novels while she was expecting her first child, and has been writing novels ever since.

Have you ever had a bad day to the point where you just want to give up? That one day where it seems like nothing is going your way? Its always important to never give up even if you think nothing could go any worse. More than likely your problems could actually be way worse than they are. “Am I dead? I actually have to ask myself this. Am I dead?” (19). If a life is taken for granted, one day you will regret not perishing these moments with your friends and family. In If I Stay, Gayle Forman talks about the importance of never taking a day or a person for granted, which could help you with interactions, changes and things we learn on a day to day basis.

If I Stay is a novel that focuses on teen romantic drama. This book is beautifully written by Gayle Forman. Her purpose was to let her readers know that anything can possibly happen in one’s life.

An ambulance came and picked her up and she told them about her family that was left in the woods. Her brother and mother were airlifted to the nearest hospital. Mia was riding in the ambulance and she was slipping into unconsciousness again when she felt a hand grab hers. She looks up and the paramedic is behind her. When she looks over to her hand, she sees the angel that was in her dream. The angel was silent and said nothing, but the look it had on its face gave Mia a sense of comfort and warmth. The angel held her hand all the way to the hospital and into the surgery