If I Stay

As I helplessly watch my fifteen year old roommate fall to pieces in front of me, I feel everything around me slow to a crawl. Blood pounds my ear drums, I feel the color drain from my cheeks, and my feet take me forward as if they have a mind of their own. I fall to my knees and suddenly everything speeds up again – the pounding in my ear drums intensifies, my hands are trembling but I manage to grasp the side of the bed in an attempt to bring myself close to her. Her face is buried into her sheet. Muffled screaming escapes her as I whisper gentle reassurances in her ear, hoping with everything I have that she can hear me. I know she doesn’t. Even if she does, she can’t make sense of it right now. She’s stuck somewhere else, somewhere she revisits every day of her life and every time she closes her eyes to sleep.

My book, Gabi A Girl in Pieces, followed the story of Gabi Hernandez, who struggles to find her place in the world. Gabi lives with a unique Mexican-American family, including a religious fat-shaming mother, a very undisciplined brother, and a deadbeat dad. Along with her aunt with commitment issues, Gabi fights to finish her senior year with her hectic life. The only thing that keeps her going is poetry, her love for food, and her

The story starts out when Emily and her parents were picking up Navin, they got into a car accident. Karen, David, and Emily would have survived the accident, but David did not

Not knowing how her mother would feel Mia crept downstairs and out the doors. When she got outside she was greeted by her brother, sister, dad, and her boyfriend. At the bowling alley, Mia and Erik were in teams against Tara and Johnny and then Jeremih switched with Tara. They played multiple rounds until it was time to go eat. Mia's team had won against Tara's team in bowling. After the game, they went to this nice five-star establishment. For an hour they eat, talked, and laughed at some good memories and new memories.

Mia see how to Kim start an argument with her mother, after that Kim leaves her in the waiting room and go to the ICU to see Mia, but she saw Mia´s family and she go to a little chapel while her mother is talking with the family.

I look over at Caleb and see that he is unconscious, with blood rolling down his forehead from a shard of glass that hit him when the back windows exploded. Suddenly I hear a loud scream. Sirens, making a noise so blood curdling, like a symphony of women screaming at the top of their lungs. It reminds me of that day when I was eight, except this time it’s my brother who I am hoping is okay, not Tina, who I knew wasn’t going to make it.

What would you choose? Would you stay or go? Well, that's what Mia is facing. Mia is a 17 year old cello player who had an audition to Juilliard, a rock star boyfriend, a future ahead of her. That was until she was in a car accident. Now she has lost her mom, dad, and brother. She doesn't know whether to stay or go at this point. The main character's in the book is Mia, Adam(Mia's boyfriend), Kim(Mia's best friend), Mia’s mom, dad, brother Teddy, and her gramps. Although there are major differences between the book and the movie, each equally enjoyable. For various reasons I like the book and the movie equally because it shows the relationships with the characters differently.

Brief summary of the plot. I rarely read a book that is almost impossible to put down, but the book I chose for this is for sure one of those books. The book that I chose to write my independent novel about is a book titled “When You Were Mine” by Rebecca Serle. The book is about a girl, she is a senior in high school and her name is Rosaline Capulet. She has three best friends, Olivia and Charlie are her girl best friends.

A teenage girl named alex leaves her aunt Hannah and goes hiking into the waucamaw forest to escape chemotherapy and the life she no longer wanted to keep. she had a “monster” of a tumor in her head which no medication could helper. to the tumor she had lost her sense of smell and taste. 4 days later alex was camping in the forest when a man named Jack and her granddaughter Ellie and her dog Mina. EMP ( electromagnetic pulse) Bomb Dropped. Jack Dropped dead due to his heart passer and Alex fell to the Ground. after the wave alex found out the her sense of taste and smell was returned and enhanced. At the time alex didn't know what happened and told ellie to leave Jack’s Body and go to the ranger's house where they could get help. Ellie refused

The boy Mia has a big crush on suddenly shows interest in her after hearing about Mia’s true identity, Mia then figures out that he only is interested in her because she is famous and the only thing that helps her cope is the friendly and loving support of others. This makes Mia realize that happiness comes from being with people who respect her for the person she is on the inside. Towards the end of the story, some main details are; she makes a new friend named Tina who also has a bodyguard with her at all times, she reconciles with her good friend Lily after being in a big fight, and she could possibly have a small relationship with Lily’s older brother who is also someone who helped Mia when she was in need. Through all of Mia’s hard times, stressful situations and royal responsibilities she managed to find true

My name is Jivon Julien and the book I have chosen to read this Summer is “Gabi, A Girl In Pieces” written by Isabel Guintero.I personally enjoyed this book because of the everyday life situations that take place thru out the book.

The supplementary text that I chose from the summer reading list is “If I Stay” by Gayle Forman. This novel is about a girl whose name is Mia, that gets into a car accident. This car accident is so severe that Mia’s parents and brother died and left Mia in a coma. While Mia is in a coma, she has to decide whether or not to live. It is a choice that can change Mia’s life. She can either finish everything there or continue to live on.

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

After the accident Mia had an out-of-body experience and saw her family on the road dead. She walks over and saw a trail of pieces that happened to be her dads brain. She next she’s her mom there on the floor barely any blood her eyes were red shot and purple lips. She then starts to panic looking for her brother teddy In my opinion “If I stay” is such a great book.

After reading If I Stay, I find the book really interesting. I would definitely recommend this book to my friends and family who are interested in drama and who are very cautious in their