Gayle Forman Boeken

Het leven van de 16-jarige Mia draait om muziek. Ze heeft net met haar cello een succesvolle auditie gedaan voor het gerenommeerde conservatorium Julliard in New York. Haar vriend Adam speelt in een populaire band. De toekomst ziet er rooskleurig uit. Wanneer Mia, haar ouders en jongere broertje Teddy onverwacht een vrije dag hebben vanwege hevige sneeuwval, besluiten ze gezellig uit te gaan. Maar onderweg, met Beethovens cellosonate nr.3 op de radio, boort een vrachtwagen zich in volle vaart in hun auto. Aanvankelijk lijkt alles goed. Ze hoort Beethoven nog steeds op de achtergrond, en… ze staat aan de kant van de weg in dezelfde spijkerjurk die ze vanochtend heeft aangetrokken. Maar al snel blijkt dat het helemaal niet goed is. Haar ouders zijn dood en als ze op zoek gaat naar haar broertje, ziet ze een hand uit het raam steken met daaraan de zilveren armband met de kleine cello- en gitaarbedeltjes die Adam haar voor haar 17e verjaardag heeft gegeven. De armband die ze nog steeds om heeft… In de vierentwintig uur die volgen op het afschuwelijke auto-ongeluk, wordt Mia voor een onmogelijke keuze gesteld.

Deze YA-roman volgt Cody Reynolds in de maanden na de onverwachte zelfmoord van haar beste vriendin Meg. Waarom heeft Meg haar niet gewaarschuwd? Cody ontdekt dat er een hoop is wat Meg haar nooit heeft verteld. Over haar oude schoolvriendinnen, over Ben McAllister - de jongen die Megs hart brak - en over een versleuteld computerbestand, dat Cody niet lijkt te kunnen openen. Wanneer ze toch toegang krijgt tot het bestand, worden de geheimen achter Megs dood beetje bij beetje aan Cody onthuld...

Allyson Healey's life is exactly like her suitcase--packed, planned, ordered. Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she's not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes. This uncharacteristic decision leads to a day of risk and romance, liberation and intimacy: twenty-four hours that will transform Allyson's life.

Recounts the story of Mia, a gifted cellist, as she struggles with survivor guilt after a car accident that kills her parents and younger brother.

One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This return doesn't only impact Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out: Amber's friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone's turmoil, Amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? How and why was she given this second chance?This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity.

Gayle Forman's entire swoony JUST ONE trilogy in a single volume--ideal for binge reading! It all starts when American good girl Allyson--better known as Lulu-- decides to spend just one day in Paris with Dutch hottie Willem. It's a whirlwind adventure filled with heart-racing romance, but the next day Willem is gone without a trace. What follows is one year of searching that ends with a steamy reunion on the one wonderful night when they finally find one another again. Filled with mystery, drama, adventure, and of course romance, this is a swoony and satisfying entry point for new readers of Gayle Forman's bestselling fiction. Includes: Just One Day, Just One Year, and the novella Just One Night

“Joyful, occasionally heartbreaking, deeply moving.” —R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of Wonder In the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family, friendship, allyship, and finding your way in a complicated world. It’s the summer of 1987, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with his own friends, and Bug’s mom is too busy, so Bug is stuck with their neighbor Philip’s nephew, Frankie. Bug’s not too excited about hanging out with a kid she’s never met, but they soon find some common ground. And as the summer unfolds, they find themselves learning some important lessons about each other, and the world. Like what it means to be your true self and how to be a good ally for others. That family can be the people you’re related to, but also the people you choose to have around you. And that even though life isn’t always fair, we can all do our part to make it more just.

After spending one life-changing day in Paris with laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter, sheltered American good girl Allyson "Lulu" Healey discovered her new lover had disappeared without a trace. Just One Day followed Allyson's quest to reunite with Willem; Just One Year chronicled the pair's year apart from Willem's perspective. Now, back together at last, this delectable e-novella reveals the couple's final chapter.

Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.

Sparks fly when American good girl Allyson encounters laid back Dutch actor Willem, so she follows him on a whirlwind trip to Paris, upending her life in just one day and prompting a year of self discovery and the search for true love.