Setting
The setting mainly takes place in Oregon. The characters in If I Stay live in a small town near Portland, Oregon. The accident took place on a rural road outside the town. After she gets into a car accident, she is taken to the hospital at around 10:12 a.m., the ambulance arrives to the nearest hospital in a small local place that looks more like an old-age home. Another setting that took place in the book was the ICU ( Intensive Care Unit). Mia is taken to the Intensive Care Unit of an unnamed hospital in Portland. Although this is technically the setting for the remainder of the book, Mia's "out-of-body" experiences on her life take the reader to other parts of the hospital and other locations where she had experiences.