Leaving Paradise

Summary:

Leaving Paradise is a noble about two young teens name Maggie Armstrong and Caleb Becker. One night Caleb was out partying and drinking, he decided to get behind the wheel and drive thinking he was going to make it home safe, what he didn’t expect that night was too ran over someone and that someone was not just any stranger that person was Maggie Armstrong the sister of his best-friend. Caleb did not know what to do so the best thing he did was fled and when back to the party. The nest day Caleb has gotten arrested for they have found out that he was the one that did the hit and run to Maggie Armstrong. Maggie’s life would never been the same all her hopes and dreams have been stop, and her hold life has been turn upside down she has lost all her friends and  even months after physical therapy Maggie will still wake with a limp. A year later Caleb has been realest from Juvenile jail and he is free to go home, but what he didn’t expect is that his family and his ex-girlfriend would be like strangers. It was like everyone dislike.  But Maggie seem not to care of what the people thought about Caleb because she still talk to him and forgave him and wild having a conversation the truth emerges about what really happened the night of the accident and, once again, everything will be different from that day on.

Author: Simone Elkeles

Publisher: Flux- April 8, 2007

Edition/ Format:   book_printbook : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats

Database: WorldCat

My impression of the book:

My impression on this book would be that is amazing it keeps you on the edge this hold entire time it also has an un-expected secret and the trill runs through the hold story. It also a really enjoy reading this book because is like a love story but a sad and it keeps you wanting more.

Reviews:

“I can’t keep books by Simone Elkeles on my classroom library shelves! Students who are not even in my class are hearing about her books from their friends and seeking me out to borrow them. From the most disengaged students to students in honors classes, Simone Elkeles’’ books are a hit. There is no more effective way to communicate the power of reading than to put a book by Simone Elkeles in the hands of students. Her books have the edge that draws readers into the story and the literary quality that helps them grow while they are there.” • Christy Rush-Levine, 8th Grade Language Arts Teacher, Lukancic Middle School, Romeoville, IL “There is truly no better feeling than placing the right book in the right reader’s hands.  As a teacher, the responsibility is much greater.  For my students, reading is an outlet, an escape.  It’s imperative that they have literature available to them that they can identify with and engages them.  For these reasons, I was immensely excited to find books by Simone Elkeles.  From the very first book we read together, Leaving Paradise, to the Perfect Chemistry trilogy, my students have devoured her books and clamored for more.  She writes in such a way that they are immediately engrossed in the story and are living vicariously through her characters.  Elkeles has truly filled a niche in my classroom library that was missing and has helped me share my love of reading with a new audience of readers.” • Valerie Burleigh, ELA Teacher, Round Rock, TX