Description
Nothing has been the same since Caleb Becker left a party under the influence of alcohol, got at the back of the wheel, and hit Maggie Armstrong. Even after months of painful physical therapy, Maggie walks with a limp. Her social life is nil and a scholarship to study abroadher chance to escape everyone and their pitying stareshas been canceled.After a year in juvenile jail, Calebs free . . . if freedom means endless nagging from a transition coach and the prying eyes of all the town. Coming home will have to feel good, but his circle of relatives and ex-girlfriend appear to be strangers. Caleb and Maggie are outsiders, pigeon-holed as “”criminal”” and “”freak.”” Then the truth emerges about what actually happened the night of the accident and, once again, the whole lot changes. Its a bleak and tortuous journey for Caleb and Maggie, yet they finally end up finding comfort and strength from a surprising source: each and every other.