'The greatest gifts have the highest cost...'
This was Robert J. Wiersema's first novel, out in 2006. The story is told in short spurts, switching from character to character, with miniature cliff-hangers at the end of each character's section. At first you're like 'Oh this seems like your average depressing grown-up piece of literature'. But then you're like 'Wait a minute...is this science fiction? What is this? It's awesome'.On a beautiful spring day, three-year-old Sherry Barrett is injured in a hit-and-run accident. Her devastated parents, Simon and Karen, wait by her bedside, hoping for a miracle...one that doesn't come. Told that she will never recover, they agree to remove her from life support. And then the miracle occurs. Sherry doesn't die. But neither does she wake.
Definitely recommended for older teens, fantasy fiction fans, and mildly smart people.
That sounds a lot like a book called If I Stay by Gayle Forman. In that book, the girl is also seriously injured (in an accident that kills her entire family) and while in a coma, she's trying to decide if she'll return to life or die.
ReplyDeleteIt was so interesting!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Angie Abdou reviews the book here:
http://www.abdou.ca/litpicks/litpicks_beforeiwake.html