Hit and Run by Lurlene McDaniel

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If no one meant for it to happen, should someone be guilty?

Analise: She knows the roads and feels secure riding her bike.

Laurie: When asked out by Quin, Laurie is happy. Then his car hits something. Later, Laurie realizes there is a way to get Quin to date her.

Quin: Because Quin is athletically gifted, his father expects him to get a scholarship. Nothing is to get in his way of college, athletics, money, and success. When he realizes what has happened, he decides he must not let it ruin his future.

Jeremy: It's been the perfect relationship with Analise. Little does Jeremy realize that the beautiful wood he carves will be used for something for Analise.

As the lives of people who never wanted to hurt others intersect, harsh realities of choices that cannot be changed are explored.

VOYA

In the tradition of Driver's Ed by Caroline B. Cooney (Delacorte, 1994/VOYA October 1994) and Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan (Little, Brown, 1978), four teenagers learn that it only takes one moment to change one's life forever. Quin is a star athlete whose father will not allow him to fail. Laurie lives in the shadow of her mother's high school glory days. Jeremy and Analise are two teenagers in love and looking forward to graduation. The life-altering moment happens when a drunk Quin, driving Laurie home from a bad date, hits a deer. Across town Jeremy gets a phone call from Analise's parents asking if she is there. Analise's badly damaged body is found, and as she lies in a coma at the hospital, rumors begin to fly around school that it was a hit-and-run. Laurie soon realizes that Quin did not hit a deer but Analise. Instead of coming forward, Laurie decides to blackmail Quin into dating her "exclusively" until graduation. When Laurie comes face-to-face with Jeremy, who is faithfully waiting for Analise to come out of her coma, however, she must decide who she really wants to be. In chapters that are told from alternating points of view, the story moves forward and reveals the inner lives of all four teens. Teens will root for Jeremy and Analise. But there is no love to be had for the morally corrupt Quin, who is a player, and Laurie, who takes the quest for popularity to a whole new level in this recommended purchase.

School Library Journal

Gr 7 Up One night, too many drinks and a tragic car accident in Ashville, NC, forever change the lives of four people. Quinn is BMOC, a promising athlete with a driven father pushing him to succeed at all costs. On this particular evening, he hits a bicyclist on the side of the road and covers up the crime. Laurie is on the fringe of the A-list crowd, and considers using her knowledge of what Quinn did to blackmail him into dating her to boost her popularity. However, compromising her morals could be an even bigger atrocity. Analise is the innocent victim, trapped in her own mind. She doesn't know whether to hang on or let go. And Jeremy is the boy who loves her and hopes she can find her way back, because he can't imagine life without her. Hit and Run demonstrates the power of love and making choices. McDaniel, known for her inspiring novels, has a simplistic style, but a weighty message-it's the way you respond to a given situation that defines who you are and who you will be.-Terri Clark, Smokey Hill Library, Centennial, CO

Product Details

• ISBN: 0440238706
  
• ISBN-13: 9780440238706
• Format: Mass Market Paperback, 192pp
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Pub. Date: March 10, 2009
• Edition Description: Reprint
• Age Range: Young Adult