Next Section Glossary Previous Section If I Stay Summary Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format GradeSaver 'If I Stay Characters'. She encourages Mia to wow the Juilliard selection committee, whom she considers snobs. Professor Christie is a retired musician who works as Mia's cello instructor. When alone with Mia, he lets her know that it is okay to let go if she doesn't want to fight to survive. Gramps is the one who took Mia to her Juilliard audition in San Francisco. Mia's grandfather is present at the hospital and Mia's bedside. While Mia is comatose, she comforts Mia by rambling on about mundane details of her life. Gran is a driving force behind Mia's decision to apply to Juilliard. Mia's grandmother is present at the hospital and Mia's bedside. Brooke comes to the hospital to create a distraction so that Adam can sneak into the ICU to see Mia. Brooke Vegaīrooke Vega fronts the popular band Bikini, who Adam's band is scheduled to open for the night of Mia's family's car crash.

He is characterized as helpful but somewhat foolish. Henry is Mia's father's bandmate and Willow's partner. As a nurse, Willow is able to help Adam gain access to Mia's bedside. She later arrives at the hospital in Portland to which Mia is airlifted. She works at the hospital where medics first bring Mia and Teddy after the accident. Willow is Mia's mother's best friend and Henry's partner. Though Teddy's body is taken to the hospital after the crash, Mia later learns that he has died from his injuries. He is rambunctious and mischievous, but ultimately a source of delight to Mia and her family. He dies in the car crash that opens the book. He is a source of comfort and encouragement to Mia. Once a popular punk-rock musician, Mia’s father gives up his old life and remodels himself as a 1950s-style father figure. She dies in the car crash that opens the book.

She offers Mia levelheaded advice about Mia's relationship with Adam. Though she is strong-willed and combative, Mia is reassured by Kim's matter-of-fact attitude and perseverance. He is characterized as being attractive, passionate, and determined. He the frontman of a popular rock band called Shooting Star. She is the only one of her family to survive the car accident that begins the book. Mia feels that she doesn't quite belong to her family: while they are all blond and like rock music, Mia has dark brown hair and loves classical. Mia is the seventeen-year-old protagonist and narrator of If I Stay.

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