A Million Miles Away
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This breathtaking story of love and loss is guaranteed to break your heart and sweep you off your feet.
When high school senior Kelsey's identical twin sister, Michelle, dies in a car crash, Kelsey is left without her other half. The only person who doesn't know about the tragedy is Michelle's boyfriend, Peter, recently deployed to Afghanistan. But when Kelsey finally connects with Peter online, she can't bear to tell him the truth. Active duty has taken its toll, and Peter, thinking that Kelsey is Michelle, says that seeing her is the one thing keeping him alive. Caught up in the moment, Kelsey has no choice: She lets Peter believe that she is her sister.
As Kelsey keeps up the act, she crosses the line from pretend to real. Soon, Kelsey can't deny that she's falling, hard, for the one boy she shouldn't want.
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When high school senior Kelsey's identical twin sister, Michelle, dies in a car crash, Kelsey is left without her other half. The only person who doesn't know about the tragedy is Michelle's boyfriend, Peter, recently deployed to Afghanistan. But when Kelsey finally connects with Peter online, she can't bear to tell him the truth. Active duty has taken its toll, and Peter, thinking that Kelsey is Michelle, says that seeing her is the one thing keeping him alive. Caught up in the moment, Kelsey has no choice: She lets Peter believe that she is her sister.
As Kelsey keeps up the act, she crosses the line from pretend to real. Soon, Kelsey can't deny that she's falling, hard, for the one boy she shouldn't want.
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Product details
- 12-17
- Hardback | 320 pages
- 150 x 211 x 29mm | 442g
- 30 Jul 2015
- Little, Brown & Company
- Poppy
- London, United States
- English
- 0316283681
- 9780316283687
- 1,222,453
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""A Million Miles Away" completely wrecked me. Romantic and heartbreaking. A must-read for anybody with a sister--and anybody without one, too." "Katie Cotugno, author of "How to Love" and "99 Days""" "Romantic." ""VOYA""" "Love, loss, sisterhood, deceit--the stakes are high in this captivating romance. Kelsey's story is beautifully told, equal parts gut-wrenching and heartwarming."--April Lindner, author of Jane and Love, Lucy "A Million Miles Away completely wrecked me. Romantic and heartbreaking. A must-read for anybody with a sister--and anybody without one, too."--Katie Cotugno, author of How to Love and 99 Days "Romantic."--VOYA "Those who are looking for something similar to Nicholas Sparks will appreciate this light romance."--SLJ "This is definitely several steps above the standard romance; Avery is a voice to watch in this genre."--Booklist
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About Lara Avery
Lara Avery is an editor at Revolver and the author of Anything But Ordinary, which Booklist praised for its "tender and lyrical prose." Raised in Kansas, where A Million Miles Away is set, she now lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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