Author: Gayle Forman

Published: 2009

Publisher: Black Swan Books

Format: Paperback

Pages: 270

Suitable: Secondary

A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make, and the ultimate choice one teenage girl commands, this emotionally arresting novel is sure to captivate readers.

After a car accident leaves Mia in a coma, she starts to think about what life holds for her. Her parents are gone and some of the choices she has to make seem to be just too hard to even think about considering. But as the machines keep her body alive, her spirit walks the halls of the hospital seeing the people she loves and reminiscing about days gone past. With college looming and having decide between the love she has for music and the boy that holds her heart, Mia needs to decide. If she goes she can be with her family... but if she stays? Well that remains a mystery.