If I Stay [Paperback]

The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from Gayle Forman, author of Where She Went, Just One Day, and Just One Year.
 
Soon to be a major motion picture, starring Chloe Moretz!
 
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. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, this will change the way you look at life, love, and family. Now a major motion picture starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Mia's story will stay with you for a long, long time. Beautifully written. --Entertainment Weekly

A beautiful novel. --Los Angeles Times

A do-not-miss story of love, friendship, family, loss, control, and coping. --Justine Magazine

The brilliance of this book is the simplicity. -- The Wall Street Journal

A touching and thought-provoking novel. --Romantic TimesGayle Forman is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. She is the author ofJust One DayandJust One Year, and the companion e-novellaJust One Night, as well as theNew York TimesbestsellersIf I StayandWhere She Went. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters.7:09 A.M.

Everyone thinks it was because of the snow. And in a way, I suppose that’s true.

I wake up this morning to a thin blanket of white covering our front lawn. It isn’t even an inch, but in this part of Oregon a slight dusting brings everything to a standstill as the one snowplow in the county gets busy clearing the roads. It is wet water that drops from the sky—and drops and drops and drops—not the frolãÙ