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.