Everything changed from the moment Caleb Becker left a party drunk, got behind the wheel and hit Maggie Armstrong. Even after months of painful physical therapy, Maggie continues to walk with a limp. Her social activity is zero, and the only opportunity to hide from the pitying glances of others - studying abroad - has disappeared. After spending a year in a juvenile detention center, Caleb is released... if freedom is the constant nagging of his curator and the annoying glances of the entire city. It's nice to be back home, but even his family and ex-girlfriend seem like strangers to him. Caleb and Maggie become outsiders: a “criminal” and a “freak.” But the truth about what happened that night is revealed, changing everything. And Maggie and Caleb begin to draw strength and zest for life from an unexpected source: each other.