num_pages: 312
description: Nothing has been the same since Caleb Becker left a party drunk, got behind 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 abroad—her chance to escape everyone and their pitying stares—has been canceled.After a year in juvenile jail, Caleb’s free . . . if freedom means endless nagging from a transition coach and the prying eyes of the entire town. Coming home should feel good, but his family and ex-girlfriend seem like strangers.Caleb and Maggie are outsiders, pigeon-holed as "criminal" and "freak." Then the truth emerges about what really happened the night of the accident and, once again, everything changes. It’s a bleak and tortuous journey for Caleb and Maggie, yet they end up finding comfort and strength from a surprising source: each other.
language: English
title: Leaving Paradise
titlecomplete: Leaving Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #1)
characters: Maggie Armstrong, Mrs. Reynolds, Caleb Becker
genres: Fiction, Young Adult Romance, Contemporary, Teen, Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Chick Lit, High School, Romance
ratings_count: 42890
places: Paradise, Illinois
series: Leaving Paradise
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America
category: Young Adult Romance
publisher: Flux