A dramatic, emotional story about family and love.
Recommended grade level: 8 and up
Pages: 201 (for ISBN 9780525421030)
Genre(s) and keywords: realistic fiction in spirit, though it has a dash of fantasy; romance
Pace: moderate
Topics: grief and loss, accidents, music, choices
Themes: death, family, hope, romantic love, purpose
Summary: Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, adoring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. Then, in an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the one decision she has left—the most important decision she’ll ever make.
Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving. (Source) Continue reading