Book Preview: Where She Went

Here's a book preview for Where She Went, the much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller, If I Stay by Gayle Forman. For those of you who somehow missed the first book, If I Stay is about a teenaged girl named Mia's who finds herself in a coma after a car accident and has to make the hard choice between sticking around on Earth and passing on to the other side.

Where She Went is set three years after the end of If I Stay focuses on Mia's life amongst the living as she meets up with her old boyfriend for the first time in several years.

So what do you guys think? Have any of you read the first book? Are you psyched, bummed, or indifferent about there being a sequel? Do you like the cover?

Unfortunately, it's going to be a bit of a wait for Where She Went, as it is being publish in April 2011.



In the meantime, here's a list of book similar to If I Stay:

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
What if you had only one day to live? Samantha Kingston has it all: the best boyfriend, amazing best friends, everything. Feb 12th should be just another day in her charmed life, but instead is her last. Then she gets a second chance. Reliving her last day during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death-and discover the value of everything she is in danger of losing.

Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes
Spencer thought the house might be haunted. Mitch knew it wasn't. And he knew why. The whole time Spencer and Mitch hung out together at Bird Lake that summer, there were secrets keeping them apart. And maybe a secret knowledge keeping them together, too-together like members of the same tribe. Like friends.

Once Was Lost by Sarah Zarr
As the tragedy of a missing girl unfolds in her small town, fifteen-year-old Samara, who feels emotionally abandoned by her parents, begins to question her faith.

Winter Girls by Laurie Halse Anderson
The story of friendship frozen between life and death. Lia and Cassie, best friends and competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. When Cassie dies Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend's memory and racked with guilt for not saving her. Powerful and moving, Anderson explores Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all - hope.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
High school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.