Paradise
By: Simone Elkeles
Contributors: Elkeles, Simone; Elkeles, Simone
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781471119033
Subjects: People with disabilities; Fiction; Families; Old age; Self-actualization (Psychology); Personnes handicapées; Romans, nouvelles; Familles; Vieillesse
Description: YA. Love stories. Leaving Paradise: 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 cancelled. 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. But despite the horror of their shared history, somehow Caleb and Maggie can't seem to stay away from each other, with the heat and attraction between them becoming undeniable to them both. Feeling like outsiders, they find comfort in each other, they realise that sometimes the person who hurts you most, can be the person who heals you too. Return to Paradise: Caleb Becker left Paradise eight months ago, taking with him the secret he promised to take to his grave. If the truth got out, it would ruin everything. Maggie Armstrong tried to be strong after Caleb broke her heart and disappeared. Somehow, she managed to move on. She's determined to make a new life for herself. But then Caleb and Maggie are forced together on a summer trip. They try ignoring their passion for each other, but buried feelings resurface. Caleb must face the truth about the night of Maggie's accident, or the secret that destroyed their relationship will forever stand between them.

14 yrs+
Notes: "Two books in one"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Leaving Paradise (c2007); title: Return to Paradise (c2010).