in A Single Moment, everything Changes. Seventeenyear- Old Mia Has No Memory Of The Accident; She Can Only Recall Riding Along The Snow-wet Oregon Road With Her Family. Then, In A Blink, She Fi Nds Herself Watching As Her Own Damaged Body Is Taken From The Wreck...
A Sophisticated, Layered, And Heartachingly Beautiful Story About The Power Of Family And Friends, The Choices We All Makeand The Ultimate Choice Mia Commands.
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the Last Normal Moment That Mia, A Talented Cellist, Can Remember Is Being In The Car With Her Family. Then She Is Standing Outside Her Body Beside Their Mangled Buick And Her Parents' Corpses, Watching Herself And Her Little Brother Being Tended By Paramedics. As She Ponders Her State (am I Dead?i Actually Have To Ask Myself This), Mia Is Whisked Away To A Hospital, Where, Her Body In A Coma, She Reflects On The Past And Tries To Decide Whether To Fight To Live. Via Mia's Thoughts And Flashbacks, Forman (sisters In Sanity) Expertly Explores The Teenager's Life, Her Passion For Classical Music And Her Strong Relationships With Her Family, Friends And Boyfriend, Adam. Mia's Singular Perspective (which Will Recall Alice Sebold's Adult Novel, the Lovely Bones) Also Allows For Powerful Portraits Of Her Friends And Family As They Cope: Please Don't Die. If You Die, There's Going To Be One Of Those Cheesy Princess Diana Memorials At School, Prays Mia's Friend Kim. I Know You'd Hate That Kind Of Thing. Intensely Moving, The Novel Will Force Readers To Take Stock Of Their Lives And The People And Things That Make Them Worth Living. Ages 14-up. (apr.)
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- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Social & Family Issues
- New Experiences
- Social & Family Issues
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Dutton Books for Young Readers
Author : Forman, Gayle
Language : English
Edition : 5th
Published :2009-04-02
Number Of Pages : 208
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0525421033
ISBN-13 : 9780525421030
Item weight : 0.7 lb
Dimensions : 0.8 in x 5.7 in x 8.3 in
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