I Was Here

By Gayle Forman

Book Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay comes a heartbreaking novel about coping with loss (People).

When her best friend, Meg, commits suicide by drinking a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything--so how did she miss the signs of Meg's depression? But when Cody travels to Meg's college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there's a lot that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, and some secrets of his own. And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can't open--until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend's death gets thrown into question.

I Was Here is a pitch-perfect blend of mystery, tragedy, and romance. Gayle Forman has given us an unflinchingly honest portrait of the bravery that it takes to live after devastating loss.
--Stephen Chbosky, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Perks of Being a Wallflower

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451471474
• ISBN13: 9780451471475
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Mountain or mole hill?

I was hoping for more character/story development between Ben and Cody. Similar feelings to her encounter with Bradford, it brought you to an ultimate climactic mountain top, only to be left with a mole hill. How she writes the book is an easy read though so there’s that.