title: Pushing the Limits
author:  Katie McGarry 
description: "This intense and intriguing debut delves into the psychological difficulties of two teens who fall in love ... A probing, captivating story." -- Kirkus Reviews<br /><br />"This poignant narrative, which is told in the two protagonists' alternating voices, will find a following among those who enjoy contemporary teen romances." -- School and Library Journal
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Pushing the Limits](cover.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](../images/index_1_1.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Praise for Katie McGarry’s brave, un-flinching and
  
  
  powerful debut novel
  
  
  **‘A riveting and emotional ride!’**
  
  
  **—Simone Elkeles**
  
  
  **‘McGarry details the sexy highs, the** **devastating lows and the real
  work** **it takes to build true love.’**
  
  
  **—Jennifer Echols**
  
  
  
  
  
  **PUSHING**
  
  
  **THE**
  
  
  
  
  
  **LIMITS**
  
  
  **‘I won’t tell anyone, Echo. I promise.’**
  
  
  Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been so long since someone touched me
  like he did. Why did it have to be Noah Hutchins?
  
  
  His dark brown eyes shifted to my covered arms. ‘You didn’t do that—did you?
  It was done to you?’
  
  
  No one ever asked that question. They stared. They whispered. They laughed.
  But they never asked.
  
  
  
  
  
  **About the Author**
  
  
  
  
  
  **KATIE McGARRY**
  
  
  was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those
  years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy
  endings and reality