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Paradise

by Simone Elkeles · Leaving Paradise #1

2013 · 594 pages · Simon & Schuster Childrens Books

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About this book

When a terrible accident changes two lives in an instant, neither Caleb nor Maggie imagines they'll ever recover—let alone find solace in each other. Maggie is trapped in a body that won't cooperate and a town that won't stop watching, while Caleb emerges from prison to find himself a stranger in his own life. Yet as they circle each other, drawn together by something neither can quite explain, an unexpected connection blooms between them—one that's electric, complicated, and maybe just what they both need to heal. This is a story about second chances, the messy reality of forgiveness, and how sometimes the person who understands your darkness best is the one who lived through it with you.

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