Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Where She Went (Teen Top 10)


This sequel to Gayle Forman’s If I Stay is narrated by Adam, Mia's ex-boyfriend. Shortly after the devastating accident that killed Mia's family, the talented cellist moves to New York, where an accidental meeting brings them back together.

You could read Where She Went before If I Stay, but it all makes a lot more sense if you read the books in the order they were written.
WARNING: Tears likely to occur!

If I Stay poses some interesting questions about death and the afterlife. This has become a frequent topic in YA literature, aside from those novels featuring supernatural transformations, such as vampires or angels. 

If this is a topic that interests you, you may also like:
The Catastrophic History of You and Me
by Jess Rothenberg
Just before her sixteenth birthday, Brie Eagan literally dies of a broken heart when her boyfriend tells her he does not love her, and she then must go through the five stages of grief before her faith in love is restored and she can move on to the afterlife.
Elsewhereby Gabrielle Zevin
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live".
Everlost
by Neal Shusterman
When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.










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