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What Happened on Hicks Road

By Hannah Jayne
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What Happened on Hicks Road by Hannah Jayne is a thrilling children's novel brimming with intrigue and mystery. It follows three adventure-seeking friends who explore the eerie legends and secrets hidden along Hicks Road. The group's journey challenges their courage and camaraderie as they unravel the mysteries that reside in their small town.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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A pulse-pounding new thriller from fan favourite author Hannah Jayne. When Sadie hits something in the road one night, she's determined to find what or who jumped in front of her car, even if it kills her.

Those eyes. Wide. Ice blue. A swath of blond hair illuminated in headlights. Then, blackness. Thump! "We hit something."

Lennox Oliver is loving her new life in California. For the first time, she feels normal. She has friends, a maybe boyfriend, and best of all, no one knows the truth about her past and what happened to her mum.

But everything changes the night after a party when a drive on the supposedly haunted Hicks Road turns deadly and Lennox hits something... or someone.

Her friends say it was nothing, at worst, a deer in the road. But Lennox can't shake the vision of the girl in the headlights—bloody hair, wide, terrified eyes, lips parted in a scream. When she goes out to investigate, there's a slight dent in the car, but that's it—no body, no blood.

Lennox wants to go to the police—but how can she? She shouldn't have been driving, and as her friends remind her, there's no evidence that she actually hit anything. All Lennox wants to do is go back to her boring, normal life. But when a note saying FIND ME is slipped through her window, she fears that there was a girl she hit on Hicks Road that night... or she's slipping deeper into the illness that took her mother.

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iWhat Happened on Hicks Road combines quick pacing and wry prose, enhanced by abundant flashbacks to deliver a climactic thriller that captivates through its dynamic storytelling. It is a fast-paced thriller designed to keep readers questioning reality and on the edge of their seats.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781728262918

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Sourcebooks Fire

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 255g

Pages: 320

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Hannah Jayne Penguin Books Teen Thrills Young Adult Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

HANNAH JAYNE decided to be an author in the second grade. She couldn't spell and had terrible ideas, but she kept at it. Many (many) years-and nearly twenty books-later, she gets to live her dream and mainly does it in her pajamas. She lives with her rock-star husband, baby daughter, and their three overweight cats in the San Francisco Bay area. She is always on the lookout for a juicy mystery, an exciting story, or a great adventure. Visit hannahjschwartz.com.

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