And of course, as i always say if a book makes you cry, it is a good book, therefore if i stay is an excellent read and i would definitely recommend it. Within our book group there was much discussion about womens lives in nigeria and other cultures including our own as the book provoked research into many. Mias mom decides to take the day off from her job at. Stay with me could be enjoyed on many different levels and it was interesting to note the setting of nigeria in the 1980s with many political undercurrents which piqued my curiosity. This novel is filled with love, decisions, friendship, and acceptance gayle forman. Jan 16, 2015 and of course, as i always say if a book makes you cry, it is a good book, therefore if i stay is an excellent read and i would definitely recommend it to those who are looking for a sad yet. Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. The story follows one day in the life of seventeenyearold mia, who has been critically injured in an accident that took the lives of her parents and younger brother.
Now that we have a moral obligation to stay inside as much as possible, its never been more important to find things to do. Apr 01, 2009 when snow cancels school, mia and her family pile into their beatup station wagon for a drive. A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely juilliardbound after she read full character analysis adam is mia s boyfriend. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The novel starts with mias family sharing a pancake breakfast on a snowy oregon morning. She scans the morning paper looking for news about her.
This all changes when her family gets into a car crash. Mia feels that she doesnt quite belong to her family. After a deadly car accident, causing the death of her family, mia needs to face a very blood freezing choice. Pick 7 movies and well tell you what book you should read.
Stay is about a girl named clara oates who is your average girl, shy, content and never was the very bold or daring kind, that is till she first seen christian nilsson. Mia is on her way to audition at juilliard, extremely. If i stay characters from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. If i stay study guide contains a biography of gayle forman, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and. As a spiritlike observer, mia narrates the next 24 hours, describing how her. Life changes in an instant for young mia hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make, and the ultimate choice mia commands. People either love and worship it or completely hate it im talking about the majority here. Key characters theme setting the book that i chose for the.
She has everything she could ever want, a loving family, an adoring boyfriend, an amazing best friend, and an amazing career ahead of her in music. The book follows in the tradition of classics like its a wonderful life, imagining what the lives of your friends and family would be like after your own life ends. Mia hall is the seventeenyearold protagonist of if i stay, and the novel is told from her point of view. Mia thought the biggest choice she would have to make was to go to juilliard for college but, this choice is bigger. The app version is preloaded with 50 pieces of literature, including poetry, shakespearean plays, and novels that frequent high school reading lists, such as 1984, brave new world, the canterbury tales, and the odyssey. Through this coma, however, mia has an outofbody experience. If i stay collection by gayle forman, paperback barnes. The book was popular enough to be adapted in a 2014 movie version starring chloe moretz. If i stay book report presentation by hope yi on prezi. Just listen adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.
If i stay by gayle forman book club discussion questions. If i stay if i stay librarian note an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. On one snowy morning, school is cancelled, leaving mia and teddy, as well as their father, an english teacher, with the day off. If i stay is a 2009 young adult novel written by american author gayle forman. This 41page guide for if i stay by gayle forman includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 17 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. How sparknotes social media accounts mastered the art of. Do you know, eva, im sorry papa is only going to stay two days here, and then i shant see you again for ever so long. Snow days should be less bloody, but mia doesnt have a choice yet. If i stay, gayle formans outstanding debut novel, is an emotionally gripping story.
If i stay by gayle forman climax mia is in the hospital and adam her boyfriend has come to see her, he has the final chance to see and try to change her mind on staying. Mia and her family heap into their corroded old buick and head out on the cold street towards willow and henrys home. Find summaries for every chapter, including a if i stay chapter summary chart to help you understand the book. Gayle forman, if i stay people think i like chick flicks, and i always have good excuses for reading books that are apparently, chick flicks. I cant wait to read the next book in mias story and have my heart broken all over again. The family pile into their rusty buick, planning to go out for a day trip to visit. Seventeenyearold mia hall lives in a small town in oregon with her mom kat, dad denny, and eightyearold brother, teddy. Gayle forman is an awardwinning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. After the surgery, she is brought to the intensive. I ripped my heart out and stomped all over it, and left me wanting more. As mia has an outofbody experience that enables her to.
This novel will stay with me for a long, long time. In the movie if i stay 2014, mia got in car accident with her family. The fatted sheep and sable bulls they slay, and bowls flow round, and riot wastes the day. Jan 23, 2014 and we stay is jenny hubbards second ya novel. Its a testimony to the beauty of family and friendship that moved me as a mother, as a daughter, and as friend. Unlike most 17yearolds, mia is secretly enjoying hanging out with her quirky family until an oncoming driver shatters their lives, leaving the gravely injured mia with the ultimate decision. We saw her consciousness maybe, i m confused going through stages of her life. If i stay is set in a small, contemporary oregon town outside portland and chronicles 17yearold mias struggle with life and death after a horrible automobile. She lives in brooklyn, new york, with her husband and daughters. A horrible car accident that kills almost the entire family instantly. In oregon, this small amount of snow is enough to cause school closures. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating. But if i stay shows us that accidents dont wait for christmastime. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature.
The novel begins with the man and boy in the woods, the boy asleep, as the two of them are making their journey along the road. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. If i stay characters from the creators of sparknotes. Mia is the seventeenyearold protagonist and narrator of if i stay. Seventeenyearold mia is faced with some tough ones stay true to her first lovemdashmusicmdasheven if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving. This detailed literature summary also contains quotes and a free quiz on if i stay by gayle forman. Chloe moretz stars as comatose teen who has an outofbody experience following a car accident that kills her entire family in this mgmsummit entertainment coproduction directed by r. Now, she is trapped between life and death, witnessing everything happening to the her in the coma. The novel tells the story of a seventeenyearold talented cellist named mia hall from oregon, who gets badly injured in a horrible car accident which takes the. Get free homework help on cormac mccarthys the road. The creators of sparknotes if i stay study guide from litcharts. This 37page guide for if i stay by gayle forman includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 17 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis.
If i stay, by gayle forman by sarah mitchell on prezi. Julia roberts acts out her film career w james corden duration. Now mia has to figure out what shes lost, what she has left, and whether or not to fight to survive. If i stay longer, ill embarrass you and disgrace myself by crying. A novel paperback july 26, 2011 by allie larkin author visit amazons allie larkin page. She was on point with voices and inflections and i enjoyed the book told from her perspective. Stay by deb caletti goodreads meet your next favorite book. Stay may have been the first book i ve ever read from this author, but it definitely wont be my last. The characters that are involved in her making her choice are all her family, adam, and kim. When snow cancels school, mia and her family pile into their beatup station wagon for a drive. As a spiritlike observer, mia narrates the next 24 hours. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009.
As readers follow mias life after the accident, we also learn via plentiful flashbacks about her. If i stay by gayle forman if i stay is about mia hall, an up and coming cellist with a charmed life. Mia and her family get to enjoy a snow day at the beginning of if i stay. If i stay is a tearjerker that will illicit emotions about things buried deep inside you. For instance, would you like to know what i did yesterday. If i stay summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. While the rest of her immediate family decided what they could do with this free time mia already has other plans. Summary spoiler alert if i stay by gayle forman, is a young adult novel about one teen, mia hall, who struggles between life and death. In if i stay our seventeenyearold mia wakes during a snowing morning, her parents and other family are busy celebrating the holiday with chocolate chip pancakes. The epic beginnings with mias family sharing a flapjack breakfast on a frigid oregon morning.
If i stay begins with seventeenyearold cellist mia hall waking to a thin layer of snow on her lawn. Victoria aveyard cassandra clare sarah dessen john green sarah j. Pdf if i stay by gayle forman read online book download. The family pile into their rusty buick, planning to go out for a. With early morn the gatherd country swarms, and all the continent is bright with arms. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car. She is the author of just one day and just one year, and the companion enovella just one night, as well as the new york times bestsellers if i stay and where she went. Trapped between life and death writer kaleb nation admits that he buys books for their covers thats why he first picked up gayle formans if i stay. The novel begins with the man and boy in the woods, the boy asleep, as the two of them are making their journey along the road read more at. Sparknotes does a remarkable job of shifting with the times to stay relevant and interesting in the eyes of its readers and the quest to balance fun and education really seems to be paying off. She is the only one of her family to survive the car accident that begins the book. If i stay is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
Its a setting that frustrated me the entire time i read the book and long after finishing. No fear shakespeare the taming of the shrew act 2 scene 1 page 12 go. Mar 24, 2020 now that we have a moral obligation to stay inside as much as possible, its never been more important to find things to do. He tells her that he loves her and goes through so much to make her her come back. He is one year older than mia, and graduated from their high school the year prior. During an outofbody experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined. I i stay is the account of mia, a teenage girl on the verge of becoming an adult, recovering and deciding if she will survive a traumatic event in her life. Mias brother teddy and her father, a middleschool english teacher, also have the day off, so her mother takes the day off of work. Gayle forman published where she went, a sequel to if i stay, released on april 5, 2011. Ive seen the mention of if i stay in so many places, especially in my social media feed.