in New York, Mia and Adam visit Mia’s favorite secret places as they reminisce about their past. In the three years Mia has become a rising star at Juilliard, getting ready to go on a six month tour. Adam’s band, Shooting Star, is bigger than it ever has been. Even though Adam may seem like he has everything, he has lived with emptiness, pain, resentment and anger. Adam deals with this in a very bad way. He takes pills, drinks, and even disconnects himself from his band mates. “Quitting is not hard. Deciding to quit is hard. Once you make the mental leap, the rest is easy” (182). This quote describes how hard it was for Mia to choose to leave Adam. Gayle Forman’s style of writing is very disparate than other authors. In Where She Went and If I Stay, she alternates between the past and present. How she writes Where She Went has a different vibe than in If I Stay. At the beginning of most chapters were lyrics to Shooting Star’s album, which was a nice touch. She wrote this book focusing on the personality of Adam. Whereas in If I Stay focused more on Mia’s personality. Gayle’s books lets the reader relate to the characters and the plot in a variety of ways. When she writes her books, they’re based off of people in her life or personal experiences. Where She Went, If I Stay, Just One Day, Just One Year, and I was Here are Gayle Forman’s award-winning books. She won the Goodreads Choice Awards for best young adult fiction. Two of her books have been made into popular movies. Gayle was born on June 5, 1970. Gayle has always loved writing ever since she knew her alphabet. Her first job was a journalist at Seventeen Magazine. Even though she bombed her SATs, she has done very well in her life. After spending years of traveling, she now lives in New York. She has two daughters and a husband named Nick. Where she went is an utterly written contemporary young adult book that I think teen readers would relate to. The events in this book was very realistic. The impact the book had was very emotional as it dealt with the possibility of second chances.
in New York, Mia and Adam visit Mia’s favorite secret places as they reminisce about their past. In the three years Mia has become a rising star at Juilliard, getting ready to go on a six month tour. Adam’s band, Shooting Star, is bigger than it ever has been. Even though Adam may seem like he has everything, he has lived with emptiness, pain, resentment and anger. Adam deals with this in a very bad way. He takes pills, drinks, and even disconnects himself from his band mates. “Quitting is not hard. Deciding to quit is hard. Once you make the mental leap, the rest is easy” (182). This quote describes how hard it was for Mia to choose to leave Adam. Gayle Forman’s style of writing is very disparate than other authors. In Where She Went and If I Stay, she alternates between the past and present. How she writes Where She Went has a different vibe than in If I Stay. At the beginning of most chapters were lyrics to Shooting Star’s album, which was a nice touch. She wrote this book focusing on the personality of Adam. Whereas in If I Stay focused more on Mia’s personality. Gayle’s books lets the reader relate to the characters and the plot in a variety of ways. When she writes her books, they’re based off of people in her life or personal experiences. Where She Went, If I Stay, Just One Day, Just One Year, and I was Here are Gayle Forman’s award-winning books. She won the Goodreads Choice Awards for best young adult fiction. Two of her books have been made into popular movies. Gayle was born on June 5, 1970. Gayle has always loved writing ever since she knew her alphabet. Her first job was a journalist at Seventeen Magazine. Even though she bombed her SATs, she has done very well in her life. After spending years of traveling, she now lives in New York. She has two daughters and a husband named Nick. Where she went is an utterly written contemporary young adult book that I think teen readers would relate to. The events in this book was very realistic. The impact the book had was very emotional as it dealt with the possibility of second chances.