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It's been three years since Adam's promise made Mia choose to live after the accident that annihilated life as she knew it. It has also been three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.
Now both living the life they had dreamed of together but living separately, Mia and... read more
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Summary edit
Adam Wilde Is in New York when he walks past a sign at SoHo that Mia Hall (His ex-girlfriend and narator of If I Stay) is performing and they meet up backstage and get one day to spend together before Adam has to go to Europe for his tour. He and Mia spark some old love and learn they both... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Mia Hall: The narrator of If I Stay. A cellist who went to Adam's high school. Mia's family was killed in a car crash three years previous to this book. Previously dated Adam for three years until they broke up after the car crash. She is now a well know cellist.
- Adam Wilde: The narrator of Where She Went. He is suffering from anxiety linked to his break up with Mia and the death of her family. He is also under a lot of pressure from the media, and the members of his band. He loves Mia though she left him without explantion.
- Bryn Shraeder: Add a description of this character.
- Aldous: The manager for Adam's band Shooting Star. He is very accomodating, and does his best to cover all the problems that the band is having.
- Liz: The band's creator. She is the one who recruited Adam, Mike and Fitz to form Shooting Star, and is considered to have the last say in it's matters. She's in love with Sarah. She's been described by Adam as being a 'strong, tough, butchy drummer.'
- Vanessa: The probing reporter that sent Adam over the edge, and prompted him to visit Carnegie Hall.
- Vanessa Legrande: Reporter from Shuffle who interviews Adam in New York City. Has done a lot of research on Adam and Shooting Star.
- Ernesto: A mentor of Mia's
- Kim: Mia's best friend. She has a passion for photography.
- Teddy: Mia's baby brother. He died in the car crash featured in If I Stay
- Kat: Mia's mother that died in the car crash featured in If I Stay
- Denny: Mia's father that died in the car crash featured in If I Stay
- Mike: Member of the band Shooting Star. Mike becomes jealous of Adam because Adam has become the main media focus.
- Fitz: Member of the band Shooting Star
Quotes edit
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“You don't share me. You own me.”
Adam Wilde -
“In that twisted, incestuous way of fate, Mia's a part of our history, and we're among the shards of her legacy.”
Adam Wilde -
“I imagine that old couple in tux and pearls tottering after her”
Adam Wilde -
“Of all the gin joints in the world, she has to walk into mine. But then I remind myself that I walked into her gin joint.”
Adam Wilde -
“Who says I breathe music? Who says I even breathe?”
Adam Wilde -
“I've come to realize there is a world of difference between knowing something happened, even knowing why it happened, and believing it.”
Adam Wilde -
“You made me stay!”
Mia Hall -
“<letting go> Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open. But my hand has been clenched into a fist for three years now; it's frozen shut. All of me is frozen shut. And about to shut down completely.”
Adam Wilde -
“But I'm not crying out of grief. I'm crying out of gratitude.”
Adam Wilde -
“Something special is ending, and you're sad, but you can't be sad, because, hey, it was good while it lasted, and there'll be other vacations, other good times.”
Adam Wilde -
“And who ever told you that life was fair? Certainly not me. I am a follower of the School of Hard Knock.”
Kat -
“And she smiles at me, and it's like we're the only two people out here, the only ones who know what's happening. Which is that this song we're all singing together is being rewritten. It's no longer an angry plea shouted to the void. Right here, on this stage, in front of eighty thousand people, it's becoming something else. This is our new vow.”
Adam Wilde
Organizations edit
- Shooting Star: Adam's band.
First Sentence edit
Every morning I wake up and I tell myself this: it's just one day, one twenty-four-hour-period to get yourself through.
Table of Contents edit
ONE
TWO-Needle and thread, flesh and bone
Spit and sinew, heartbreak is home
Your suture lines sparkle like diamonds
Bright stars to light my confinement
“stitch”
collateral damage, track 7
THREE
FOUR- The bow is so old, its horsehair is glue
Sent to the factory, just like me and like you
So how come they stayed your execution?
The audience roars its standing ovation
“dust”
Collateral Damage, track 9
FIVE
SIX-I’ll be your mess, you be mine
That was the deal that we had signed
I bought a hazmat suit to clean up your waste
Gas masks, gloves, to keep us safe
But now I’m alone in an empty room
Staring down immaculate doom
“messy”
collateral damage, track 2
SEVEN
EIGHT-The clothes are packed off to Goodwill
I said my good-byes up on that hill
The house is empty, the furniture sold
Soon your smells will decay to mold
Don’t know why I bother calling, ain’t nobody answering
Don’t know why I bother singing, ain’t nobody listening
“disconnect”
collateral damage, track 10
NINE
TEN-Barrel of the gun, rounds one two three
She says I have to pick: choose you, or choose me
Metal to the temple, the explosion is deafening
Lick the blood that covers me
She’s the last one standing
“roulette”
Collateral Damage, track 11
ELEVEN
TWELVE-There’s a piece of lead where my heart should beat
Doctor said too dangerous to take out
You’d better just leave it be
Body grew back around it, a miracle, praise be
Now, if only I could get through airport security
“bullet”
Collateral Damage, track 12
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN-The boogeyman sleeps on your side of the bed
Whispers in my ear: “Better off dead.”
Fills my dreams with sirens and lights of regret
Kisses me gently when I wake up in a sweat
“boo!”
collateral damage, track 3
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN-You crossed the water, left me ashore
It killed me enough, but you wanted more
You blew up the bridge, a mad terrorist
Waved from your side, threw me a kiss
I started to follow but realized too late
There was nothing but air underneath my feet
“bridge”
collateral damage, track 4
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN-Are you happy in your misery?
Resting peaceful in desolation?
It’s the final tie that binds us
The sole source of my consolation
“blue”
collateral damage, track 6
NINETEEN
TWENTY-Someone wake me when it’s over
When the evening silence softens golden
Just lay me on a bed of clover
Oh, I need help with this burden
“hush”
collateral damage, track 13
TWENTY-ONE
TWENTY-TWO
TWENTY-THREE-First you inspect me
Then you dissect me
Then you reject me
I wait for the day
That you’ll resurrect me
“animate”
collateral damage, track 1
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 2 in Mia Hall. (standard series)
Preceded by If I Stay.
This is book 9 of 10 in Amazon.com Best Books of April (2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Emerald Atlas, and followed by The Loud Book!.
This book is in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gayle Forman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Country: USA
Publication Date: April-2011
ISBN: 978-0525422945
Page Count: 208
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Country: USA
Publication Date: April-2011
ISBN: 978-0525422945
Page Count: 208
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThis is a really sad book. Includes cursing, and references to drinking and sex.
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- http://www.gayleforman.com: Author's website
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