When you're a teenager, you have a lot of different choices to make. Choosing extracurricular activities, finding the right part-time job, and figuring out what college to attend can all be tough decisions. But none of them are life-and-death situations. In If I Stay, Mia does have a life-or-death decision to make—the choice between life and death. It's a choice very few people expect to make, especially at such a young age, but it provides the book's big conflict. Which will she choose?
Questions About Choices
- Does Mia actually have a choice whether she lives or dies?
- What will Mia choose after she wakes up—Juilliard or Adam?
- Would Adam really choose Mia over his music career? Would this choice make either of them happy?