![]() ![]() The intensity of feelings and tragic suddenness with which life changes will strike a chord with teenagers and the young at heart. This sensitively written story of the power of love and loss presses all the right buttons and will appeal to readers of Jenny Downham's Before I Die. But when her family dies in a car crash and she is left hovering between life and death, Mia must decide whether life is still worth living. ![]() Mia is 17 and has everything to live for: a loving family, an outstanding future as a cellist and a boyfriend in a band. IF I STAY BY GAYLE FORMAN (Doubleday £10.99) ![]() An impressive debut from a writer to watch. This is a gripping adventure involving child abduction, murder, chilling folklore and family breakup that maintains its tension throughout. Turning detective, she and her only friend follow clues - until another girl also goes missing. But even that stigma fades when she is the last person to see a schoolgirl who disappears without trace. Ten-year-old Pia lives in a small town in Germany and is haunted by a bizarre family tragedy. THE VANISHING OF KATHARINA LINDEN BY HELEN GRANT (Penguin £6.99) ![]()
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