"Walking with a pronounced limp all her life has never stopped fifteen-year-old Kiva Mau from doing what she loves, finding serenity in her sketchbook and volunteering at the run-down art center. When seventeen-year-old Ryler Cade steps into the art center for the first time, Kiva is drawn to the angry and misguided student sent from abroad to reform his violent ways. An unlikely friendship is formed when the gentle Kiva shows him kindness and beauty through art. But after a tragic accident leaves Kiva severely disfigured, she struggles to see the beauty she has been brought up to believe. Just when she thinks she's found her place, Ryler begins to pull away, leaving her heartbroken and confused. The patriarch of the family then takes a turn for the worse and Kiva is forced to give up her dreams to help with familial obligations, until an old family secret surfaces that makes her question everything."-- Provided by publisher.
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