Teacher:Kaplina Zhanna Alexandrovna
8G
Author's
biography.
* Simultaneously tragic and hopeful,
this is a romantic, riveting and
ultimately uplifting story about
memory, music, living, dying, loving.
* Intensely moving, the novel will
force readers to take stock of their
lives and the people and things that
make them worth living.
* Original and exciting, it is a novel
about relationships, life and the
people involved in both. The
characters are tangibly real, the
plot is fascinating and will cause the
pages to turn rapidly. Teens and
adults will find themselves falling in
love with Forman’s stunning novel.
*IF I STAY is
heartbreaking and
heartwarming at the
same time. It’s a
testimony to the
beauty of family and
friendship that
moved me as a
mother, as a
daughter, and as
friend. This novel
will stay with me for
a long, long time.
On a day that started like
any other…
* Mia had everything: a loving
family, a gorgeous, adoring
boyfriend, and a bright
future full of music and full
of choices. Then, in an
instant, almost all of that is
taken from her. Caught
between life and death,
between a happy past and
an unknowable future, Mia
spends one critical day
contemplating the one
decision she has left—the
most important decision
she’ll ever make
* Forman provides a
compelling and highly
textured account of the
brutal 24 hours that may be
17-year-old Mia’s last. Mia’s
recounting of this critical
day is laced with insight,
good humor, and wonder,
allowing the reader to enter
the scene as fully as Mia
herself. Mia’s story will
engage readers willing to
suspend their disbelief that
the future can be seen in the
present.
* It is one of the best books
we have ever read. The
story is so powerful that
sometimes I laughed and
sometimes I cried but I
simply could not stop turning
the pages.
* IF I STAY is one of those
great rare books with a
deeply authentic voice that
can speak for and move a
generation. Not since
TWILIGHT have we seen as
emotionally moving a book
for a youth audience with
this kind of crossover
appeal.