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Trivia-on-Book: If I Stay by Gayle Forman. If I Stay is a young adult novel written by Gayle Forman that tells the story of Mia Hall, both before and after a very traumatic car accident. The story is told from Mia's point of view while she is in a coma. The car accident has taken the lives of her mother and father while her brother is still fighting for his life. Mia flashes back to specific parts of her life, yet she is still present in a sort of...
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If I Stay by Gayle Forman Digest & Review With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • Digest of the book If I Stay • Reviews of the book and author • The reception of the book and reader's reactions • Stories beyond the digest • And more!
Disclaimer: This digest is an unofficial reader's guide to aide informed decisions, enhancing appreciation of the book. This is NOT a summary and does not contain any text of the original book.
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A thoughtful book that explains to children what to do if they are ever separated from their parents in public.
Lu is excited to go to the marketplace with Mama today. It's crowded, and she clings to Mama's red coat, but when she stoops for a second to pet the cutest little puppy, Mama is suddenly gone. She looks around quickly, but she can't find Mama. She does cross paths with a little boy, Roberto, who is also lost, and has been for a while.
Luckily,...
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Publisher Annotation: If I had a horse, he might be shy, like me. But if I stayed quiet, he'd learn to be my friend. I would have to tame him. I would have to be strong, like him. And he would have to be gentle, like me. And together, we could do anything. Gianna Marino's vibrant, silhouetted art brings to life this picture book about understanding, stepping beyond boundaries, and bravery.
5) Dust to dust
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Ashes to ashes volume 2
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After surviving a tragic accident, sixteen-year-old Callie McPhee wakes up from a coma with knowledge of the afterlife where she met Thatcher, the spirit who protected her, and can help her save the people she loves from the menace of evil spirits.
6) Trust
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A teenage girl (Liana Liberato, "If I Stay") is targeted by an online sexual predator. This dark thriller from "Friends" star David Schwimmer features Clive Owen ("Children of Men"), Catherine Keener ("Being John Malkovich"), Jason Clarke ("Dawn of the Planet of the Apes") and Viola Davis ("Fences").
7) Tatterhood
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Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics. Volume one in the series, Tatterhood features an introduction by Gayle Forman, the New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay. These twelves tales from Japan, Norway, Scotland,...
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If I Stay meets While You Were Sleeping in this beautiful and heartbreaking novel told in dual perspectives about friendship, family, and all the other threads that bind us together. Martin and Petra meet for the first time at graduation, and though they've shared the halls of their high school for four years without crossing paths, there's an instant connection the moment they're seated next to each other at the commencement ceremony. Then a car...
9) Wild Awake
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In Wild Awake, Hilary T. Smith's exhilarating and heart-wrenching YA debut novel, seventeen-year-old Kiri Byrd has big plans for her summer without her parents. She intends to devote herself to her music and win Battle of the Bands with her bandmate and best friend, Lukas. Perhaps then, in the excitement of victory, he will finally realize she's the girl of his dreams.
But a phone call from a stranger shatters Kiri's plans. He says he has her sister's...
10) Honey and me
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When eleven-year-old Milla's best friend Honey joins her school for sixth grade Milla finds herself in her friend's shadow, but as the year progresses through the Jewish holidays Milla trys to cope with the tensions and the dramas of school--including the death of a beloved teacher.
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Ever wonder "What if?" Everything That Makes You is a romantic, epic story about one girl-and her two possible lives after an accident changes her fate. Fiona Doyle's face was horribly scarred as a child. She writes about her frustrations and dreams in notebooks, penning song lyrics. But she'd never be brave enough to sing those songs in public. Fi Doyle never had an accident. She's the best lacrosse player in the state and can't be distracted by...
12) Ashes to Ashes
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A timeless and romantic ghost story that will haunt readers long after the last page is turned.
When Callie's life is cut short by a tragic accident in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, her spirit travels to another dimension called the Prism. Here she meets a striking and mysterious ghost named Thatcher, who guides her as she learns how to bring peace to those she left behind. But Callie soon uncovers a dark secret about the spirit world:...
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"I'd been warned-in French, no less. By a tram-riding, mermaid-swaying, wolf-eaten, peace-sign flipping friend. I knew she wouldn't be happy if I stayed out here by the pool, with Jed's nail tracing the length of my neck. But I didn't want to go inside. I didn't want another drink. I wanted to stay out here and see what would happen." What's a girl to do when her parents have split up, her mom's trawling Tinder, and one of her best friends has decided...
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How far can you bend before you break? Billie Dixon's bipolar mother wants her in therapy and won't take no for an answer. Her sister wants her to act the role of perfect daughter and bridesmaid for her mother's wedding. And Xander wants her to admit feelings that don't exist.
But her infectiously bubbly housemate doesn't think she needs therapy. When the two become fast friends, Dahlia provides Billie with the effortless companionship she craves....
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Drugs, alcohol, women, instability, death, loss, depression, and hopelessness describes the early part of my life. I was no stranger to trials, and I didn't know how to overcome them. I experienced tragedy after tragedy and tried various ways to cope with the pain I felt inwardly. My surroundings were driving me insane, and if I stayed there, I couldn't progress. I had a dream in my heart to move far away, but didn't realize that one day it would...
16) Devil (Book 3)
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This is book 1 of the Renegade Reapers MC series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!He emerged from the shadows with a secret that might destroy me.BEASTRevenge calls to me, and I will stop at nothing to avenge my men.So I kidnap the long-lost daughter of my enemy.She's my bait to use against her crime boss father.Natalia is a beautiful little dancer, with her dark eyes and red mouth.I want her to wrap those legs around my hips as I make...
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The Hidden Memory of Objects is a highly original and beautifully written debut mystery novel with a speculative element, perfect for readers who loved Gayle Forman's If I Stay. Megan Brown's brother, Tyler, is dead, but the cops are killing him all over again. They say he died of a drug overdose, potentially suicide-something Megan cannot accept. Determined to figure out what happened in the months before Tyler's death, Megan turns to the things...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 The Tail O' the Cock was a prominent drinking establishment on La Cienega Boulevard, where Los Angeles and Beverly Hills come together. In 1965, Merritt Adamson, the president of Pronto Markets, a 16-store chain of convenience markets in Los Angeles, was having a business luncheon there. He was having problems with his largest customer, Adohr Milk Farms.
#2 In 1962,...
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HeartMind: What, I ask of you, do you want to have or do?
BrainMind: Let me think about that for a minute.
HeartMind: No, no, no, just tell me true, what do you want to have or do?
BrainMind: I want to have love, health, happiness, and success. I want to do good and make a big difference.
HeartMind: This and more can be done. But only if together, we two can work as one.
BrainMind: What is it that together we need to do?
HeartMind: I can provide...
20) Crimson Trial
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There are three rules in this world.1.) Vampires rule.2.) Humans suffer.3.) Never challenge the elite.I should have followed Rule #3 and slept in a cardboard box during my college years, especially since most of the government are vampires. But nope. I'm cursed with a big mouth. When an opportunity to change my fate arises, I travel to Washington D.C to make my case. Yep, also known as Bloodsucker Central.And then he shows up. The godlike, cruel,...
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