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Mia's Life In If I Stay By Gayle Forman

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If I Stay is a short novel by author Gayle Forman. The story follows the day that changed Mia’s life forever. One day in the life of eighteen-year-old Mia, who has been critically injured in an accident that took the lives of her parents. As Mia has an out-of-body experience that enables her to observe all that is happening around her, she reflects on her. She is faced with the decision of whether she wants to fight to live or let go.
As the hours pass, Mia goes back and forth between observing what is happening around her and reflecting on her life up to this point. Her memories include being present at the birth of her brother, her father's transformation from a hard rocker to a teacher, her friendship with Kim, her love for music and the …show more content…

She than tells them that everything is going to be alright and that she's going to take care of them. After two weeks in the hospital they were released but before they were released a police officer came in and told them that due to that fact the car accident killed their parents that they will receive one million dollars and mia had to legally adopt teddy to avoid him from going to a foster home. They decided to move to new york so Mia can go to her favorite school that she only dreamed of going to Juilliard. It has been a year since the accident and one the anniversary of their death of their parents so they decided to go out to park and while they were at the park Mia felt like they were being followed so she turned around and she saw……..nothing. When they were leaving the park a black van came up and they were thrown in and the people that were in the van they were the agents from the FBI.
For two days they were asked questions about their parents apparently they were wanted for kidnap and murder, and the money they got was from their parents. They soon released them and when they got home they got a phone call, and it was their parents telling them that they need to see them so they packed up and they were on their way to …….

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