
She has a boyfriend, Adam, with a common passion for music, albeit opposite genres. She is a brilliant cellist with the prospect of going to Julliard, across country in New York, once she graduates.

The story of If I Stay by Gayle Forman is told in a serious of flash backs where we get to see that Mia is a normal teenager, living in Oregon, with a bright although conflicted future ahead of her.

“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.” The story revolves around her making the decision to stay and live or let go and die. However, she is able to see and hear everything around her, even her own body. She survives the crash but is unconscious in the hospital and in critical condition. This is story about Mia, seventeen year old girl who gets into a car accident with her parents and her 10 year old brother. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck…Ī sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make-and the ultimate choice Mia commands. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family.

Theme: Sacrifice and Choice, Music and Harmony, Love, Family, and Relationships, Life and Death Major Characters: Teddy Hall, Kim Schein, Adam Wilde, Mia Hall
