If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Want an emotional ride? Gayle Forman’s book, If I Stay, is the book to read.  The reader embraces Mia and is carried along with her from the family’s car crash to the end of the book.  Mia’s being, or spirit, travels with her extended family throughout the hospital and the reader is caught up emotionally with what she is feeling and decisions she has to make.  From the very first page the reader is involved with the family.  The book is full of suspense and Gayle Forman did a tremendous job.  This is a must read for anyone who likes to be caught up in a book, emotionally, and maybe even shed a few tears. --Elaine Roberts

Forman, Gayle.  If I Stay.  New York: Penguin, 2009.  Print.