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Leaving Paradise

by Simone Elkeles

Comics & Graphic Novels » Graphic Novels

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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.

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...he house, not realizing that neither me nor Caleb has followed her. "Took you long enough, " Mrs. Reynolds says when I enter the kitchen. "Here, I cut some pie for both of you. " I sit down at the kitchen table and stare at the pie. Normally I'd dig right in, but I can't. Caleb walks in and sits across from me. I focus my attention in the opposite direction, as if the painting of the fruit bowl on the wall is the most interesting object I've ever laid eyes on. "Margaret, remember you told me I should have that gazebo built?" "Yeah, " I answer cautiously. Mrs. Reynolds holds her chin up. "Well, Caleb is going to help make that a reality. It may take a few weeks, but--" A few weeks? "If he stays, I quit, " I blurt out. A few weeks? I hear the clink of Caleb's fork hit...

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16 Aug 2011 14:24:50

this is most definatly the best book i ever read.

yasmin

10 Dec 2010 22:13:26

great book....love how its quite different!

Aysha

26 Sep 2010 12:33:44

wondeerful read!!

Aysha

26 Sep 2010 12:33:17

excellent book

Aysha

26 Sep 2010 12:25:17

loved this story so much couldn't put it down, caleb and maggie were wonderful together and i still can't believe he left, anyways cant wait to read the sequel 'return to paradise'