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If I Asked You Would You Stay

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This is a more adult-teenager story about two 17-year-olds who have run away (separately) and are trying to live on their own. One is seeking love; the other is fleeing it. The title is long, awkward and revealing. Set in a coastal resort in southern California, this book presents two lonely young people who meet when He rescues Her from the ocean. She fears pursuit from a vicious man while he cherishes a hopeless lost love.

His hideout is unusual and interesting: a hidden room above an abandoned carousel along a popular boardwalk. Can these two kids make it on their own, or even in tandem? Can he protect her from her Present? Can she help him overcome his obsession with the Past, which is not even his own? Very adult themes and situations, so this is not a book for elementary children.

Eve Bunting is a wonderful author whom I respect, for she deals with many serious social issues: --Teenage Runaways --Homeless People who live in airports --Orphan trains which transplant the unwanted children of NY city to midwestern farms --chemical poisoning of the land --responsible babysitting

In the novel, If I Asked You Would You Stay, there were two teens wondering and looking for their place in life. They have never met, but soon after they do, they fall in love. If I Asked You Would You Stay was a very good book. It was interesting and if I had to rate this book, I would rate it 8/10. (Ten being the highest and one being the lowest.) Although in some places it does move at a slow pace. Even though it moves at a slow pace, I recommend this book for anyone who likes to read adventure novels, but also for the people who like a little bit of romance in their novels.

I had been searching for this book for forever. I know it must sound corny but I had ran across it in middle school and had fallen in love with the story. Its not so much a real mushy love story, its more of the kind that keeps you on the edge of your seat at times, and makes you want to keep turning the pages. Even as I read it now, and even though I know the story, reading it over years later, still leaves me interest and i dont want to stop turning the pages cause I remember how much of a good book it was then and im so happy to own it and able to read it at my own leisure. So im very satisfied with it cause ive always wanted to own it so personally for me, im extremely happy with my purchase.

This book was about two teenagers that have not yet found their place in the world and have no idea where their future is headed. They are two very different people but learn to look deeper within theirselves and find caring and love for eachother. I didn't really like the ending and it was sorta slow for them to fall in love. But otherwise I recommend this book.

If I Asked You Would You Stay was an engaging, imaginative book. Two teenagers are searching for their place in life. They stumble upon each other when he rescues her from drowning in the ocean. Its a very compassionate, yet hard felt book. The book moves at a slow pace. I highly recommend this book, even though the ending was a disappointment.