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Hit and Run (Lurlene McDaniel)

by Lurlene McDaniel

3.86 · rating details · 798 ratings · 121 reviews

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 w...more

Mass Market Paperback, 192 pages

Published March 10th 2009 by Laurel Leaf (first published June 12th 2007)

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Nov 08, 2007

Miss Kitty rated it

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This is a book told by four characters, a la Spoon River Anthology, whose lives intersect on one dark, fateful night. Laurie is excited because high school sexpot Quin asked her out on a date. Quin wants to get into Laurie's pants and has a drinking problem. Jeremy is a carpenter dood (foreshadowing!) in love with Annalise. Annalise has to stay out late babysitting some kids who live on a mountain then takes her bike home instead of asking for a ride. Quin hits her with his car when he's had o...more

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Oct 26, 2011

Xiao Wen rated it

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Shelves: 10th-grade

I like how this book was written in the journal format from different people. In this book, Analise is a very poor girl because she was in an accident and she was in a coma for the whole book, and finally she died. However, Analise's boyfriend, Jeremy, is a very single-minded person because he never think of to leave Analise no matter how she looks like or how bad her situation is. I do not like Laurie because I do not agree with the way she deals with the car accident, she uses this event to th...more

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Aug 09, 2010

Sandra Stiles rated it

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Shelves: realistic-fiction, young-adult

Hit and run is a story told through the voice of four different people. Before I give my review I must say it was an emotional read for me in many ways. Lurlene McDaniels' books are always emotional, but I had several connections to this book. I'll try to be brief. As I read the opening, which were the thoughts of Analise I thought of two people. First was a boyfriend I had in my senior year. He was injured in a motorcycle accident and his parents were told he didn't understand anything go...moreHit and run is a story told through the voice of four different people. Before I give my review I must say it was an emotional read for me in many ways. Lurlene McDaniels' books are always emotional, but I had several connections to this book. I'll try to be brief. As I read the opening, which were the thoughts of Analise I thought of two people. First was a boyfriend I had in my senior year. He was injured in a motorcycle accident and his parents were told he didn't understand anything going on. I wrote letters of encouragement to him and his parents read them to him and placed them under his pillow. He came out of his coma four months later and his mom called and said he'd asked for me because of my letters. He'd heard them. The second person was my cousin who'd had an accident and she also lay in a coma for several months. She talked about being able to hear what people said and understanding them but at the same time she was unable to communicate back with them. My final connection was with Analise's parents. Three weeks before my sons fifth birthday, while he and two of his cousins played in the front yard a truck ran off of the road into our yard and hit my son. What made this so heinous was the driver kept on going, making a delivery and telling his customer he thought he'd hit a kid. The only reason he was brought back was because a man making a delivery across from our house chased him down and brought him back to await the police. The cold heartedness of this man I equated with pure evil. He claimed he had not hit my son, my son hit his truck. My son lived, just by the grace of God, and outside of a permanent back injury is well enough to be in the military.

This was an excellent book. One that I could not put down. Quin is an athlete pushed by his father to let nothing stand in the way of his athletic career, not a girl and not a hit and run accident. Laurie is the girl who is so pushed to fit in with the "in" crowd by her mother that she will throw out what she knows is right to get what she wants. What she wants is Quin. Analise is the victim of a hit and run accident. She is locked inside her body unable to communicate with those she loves. Her boyfriend Jeremy proves he loves her by staying by her side all the way through the book. This is a hard look at right and wrong. Something I know teens can relate to. I loved this book and before I take it back to school I will lend it to my daughter who first introduced me to Lurlene McDaniel's books. Sorry I made her wait so long.
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Aug 31, 2009

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this book is about a girl who went and babysat a kid oneday and never came home. her parents where going crazy they had no clue where she was. it was past 12 am and still no sign of return. then they called her friends house to see if she was there. no surprise she was not there. then they took out the car and went to look for her as they where driving they saw a bik on the side of the road all messes up and lugs in a bush. they knew it was her but how could they be so sure.they pulled her out e...more

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Aug 01, 2011

Joanne rated it

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Hit and Run by: Lurlene McDaniel is an exceptional novel that shows how high school students do anything just to be popular. This novel revolves around 4 people, each having their own perpspectives: Analise, Laurie, Quin, and Jeremy. After a night at the party, Laurie blackmails popular Quin to be her boyfriend to gain popularity as a freshman. But after knowing its all a lie, she feels guilty of covering up a murderous crime.

I thought this book was a fast read with hints of climax that kee

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Sep 19, 2011

Ananda rated it

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One day you are sound and safe, a happy high school girl, with a lovely boyfriend standing by your side, few friends (but all good ones) and the next thing you know YOU ARE STRUGGLING FOR YOUR LIFE!
This is a story that involves mystery, thriller, romance, life philosophy all into one..It is a marvelous book!
Basically it shows how people's lives are tightly and closely connected..how one stupid act can lead to destroying many lives. Analise goes to babysit one day, and never comes bac...more

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Jun 07, 2010

Bethany Venus rated it

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The couple Analise is babysitting for comes back late, but Analise decides not to caller anyone for a ride. She feels safe riding her bike home on the road she has ridden so many times. Jeremy, Analise’s boyfriend loves Analise and their future together looks bright. He cannot wait to spend more time with her, but when Analise never arrives home that night, he has to use his woodworking skills for something he never imagined. Laurie is so excited when Quin asks her to go to the dance, but a bad ...more

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Jun 14, 2010

Kimberly Keck rated it

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Maybe I am just not in to this type of novel, but I cannot remember a time when a mere 180 pages have felt quite so long. The basic plot is established pretty much by the title and the first few pages: a girl is hit by a while riding her bike down a mountain road by a boy from her high school who was returning home drunk from a party. The girl is then left in a coma while friends and family of the injured girl attempt to find the person responsible. Other than a couple inane twists (such as o...more

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Dec 09, 2010

Rachel rated it

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May 16, 2011

Brooke rated it

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Mar 06, 2011

Courtney rated it

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Genre: Drama
Hit and Run is a good book if you aren't interested in a real serious book, and frankly don't like "fluff". It is only 180 pages so it feels like you are watching a short, 30 minute television show. Also i liked that each chapter you read it is put in a different persons perspective. You could read about Jeremy mourning over Analise or Laurie confused about her situation. It shows the reader more of the story when you know about their personal lives and how they th...more

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Sep 30, 2009

Lauren Trucksess rated it

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Recommends it for: anyone who love sad stories, but not to little kids.

I really did LOVE this book.
when I first saw it, I was in a bookstore, and I as in there until closing reading that book.
but cursing my slow reading skills, I only finished half of it.

I was have a great summer vacation, but school was right around the corner, and I NEEDED to read a book!
so I went BACK to that bookstore a bought it.
why I didn't buy it the first time, I have no clue.

Also, I'm one of those people who read the last page, so I can spoil it.
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Nov 06, 2009

Breanna B added it · review of another edition

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this book was about a girl named Analise who gets hit by a car while riding her bike home one night and she dies. Quin, the star basketball player at his school, is the one driving the car when it hits Analise. Laurie was the passenger in the car but was asleep when it all happened. Quin didnt know that it was analise that he hit though. He just thought that it was a deer. When word gets out that it was a car that hit Analise, laurie starts putting together the pieces and relizes that it was Qui...more

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Mar 13, 2011

Felipe rated it

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Hit and Run is based on the lifes of four different people, Analise, Laurie, Quin and Jeremy. I love this book because it goes into detail about the persons perspective. for example: Quin is the best Babeball payer at his school he has the looks and the popularity but when he chooses not to speak the truth the consequences rise. All Laurie ever wanted was to be popular like her mom was in high school but when she finally has a way to become popular she is now involved in the problom. Analise is ...more

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Nov 01, 2010

Marjorie rated it

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Hit and run is the one that i already read for October book, the author of this book is Lurlene McDaniel...
I think other people should read it because Analise died and all of her friends and family work for the box that she's gonna put it too and her friends really work for her when she's in the hospital...

The best thing about this book is that everybody learn that not all of the teenagers are practically good at biking and they won't actually get in trouble by having th...more

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May 04, 2011

Rocio Aguilera rated it

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This book was a really good book. i liked it. I thought at the end it was sad because Analisa had died and her boyfriend Jeremy was depress i know how he felt because it was his girlfriend and he loved her too much. He sid she will not be in his arms not any longer because she died. but that the only place he got to hold her again was in the coma. Quin and Laurie it was a stupid relatonship because they didnt even like each other but they were together for a secret and so Laurie wouldnt spill th...more

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Sep 15, 2011

Donna Zakem rated it

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I love anything by Lurlene Mcdaniel. This book I started and finished in less than a day. Everything that I have ever read by her has been a tear jerker, but sometimes, that's ok. She writes inspirational books for teenagers. In this particular book, a freshman is asked on a date by mr popular senior, and goes to a party. He hits "something" which he says is a deer. Come to find out, another student was involved in a hit and run. This book teaches us that sometimes the "rig...more

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Jan 14, 2012

Amber rated it

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Hit and Run
Lurlene McDaniel
June 12, 2007
Christian Fiction

In this book Analise a senior in high school was going for a bike ride one night when suddenly she went missing for two days. The cops found her lying on the side of the mountain road. Laurie a freshman got asked out on a date with the coolest senior in her school Quin. Quin took her to a party on top of the mountain, when he tried to convince Laurie to get in the back of his truck she refused and said to take her...moreHit and Run
Lurlene McDaniel
June 12, 2007
Christian Fiction

In this book Analise a senior in high school was going for a bike ride one night when suddenly she went missing for two days. The cops found her lying on the side of the mountain road. Laurie a freshman got asked out on a date with the coolest senior in her school Quin. Quin took her to a party on top of the mountain, when he tried to convince Laurie to get in the back of his truck she refused and said to take her home. On their way home Quin was driving while he was drunk, and said he hit a deer. Laurie figured it was just a deer so she never thought about it, but when she heard that Analise was found on the side of the mountain she began to wonder if Quin really did hit a deer.
The main theme of this book is to always tell the truth no matter how much it might hurt you or your friends. In the book Laurie realized that Quin hit Analise and because of that she was in a coma for six months. If Laurie wouldn’t have come clean in the end of the story Analise’s family and boyfriend would have never known who would have killed their little angel. Jeremy was so devastated when he thought he would never know who hurt his girl. They planned on getting married and having kids together but because of Quin that could never happen. Jeremy said the next time he saw Quin walking through the halls he was going to walk up to him and punch him as hard as he could in the face. As Analise was floating up to heaven she said she could see into houses as if they were all just glass walls. She wished she could tell them she is happier now because she is in no pain and she can finally feel free and she will be with them again someday.
Jeremy who is Analise’s boyfriend had to build a desk for Quin’s dad Spencer. Laurie told Quin she knew he didn’t really hit a deer, he his Analise and she said if he didn’t go out with her she was going to tell the cops it was him and all of his baseball scholarship would be gone. Quin decided he could handle dating her for six months. He thought it wouldn’t be that long, but Quin thought Laurie was just so annoying. One day they were at Quin’s house and he got mad so he left, Laurie looked through his dad’s desk and there she found all of the documents of him getting the car fixed. She found all the information she needed pictured, documents, tire marks, and a serial number on the car. Laurie made the right choice and turned him in. She felt awful and she didn’t care who would hate her after, but she felt that she did the right thing and that’s all the matters. I was telling all my friends about this book because I thought it was just so amazing. Almost all of them said that they would want to read this book. I have read another book by this author before. Both of her books were very good but there is something about this book that just caught my interest. I Read half of this book in one day because I didn’t want to set by book down. While I read this book I shed a lot of laughs and some tears but all in all this book was absolutely amazing and I already have my next quarter book picked out and ready to read by the same author.
Jeremy carved,” I will miss you my little angle, I will be with you again someday and I promise you I will never love someone as much as I loved you.” Page 182. I chose this quote because when I read this I started to cry. It just makes me think that if this ever happened to me I would want someone to love me as much and Jeremy loves Analise. This book was just incredible, the author gave you many different emotions about what was going on and you felt that sometime you wanted Quin to get in trouble, and others you wanted no one to find out what happened. This book was full of suspense and just the words the author used amazed me! I want to read many more of her books because now I have read two of them I really love Lurlene McDaniel.
If I had to relate this book to me I would say that I lied to a friend once and I almost lost them as a friend because of it. I have learned that telling the truth and letting it out it much better and easier than trying to hide lies inside of you. I have learned from my friends and this book that lying is never the solution. It never solves anything, it just your problems even worse. This book has really touched me. It means a lot to me that Analise had such good friends and just everything she went through Jeremy still loved her and she seemed like a good person so people still loved her no matter how she look now. Everyone remember the good times they have spent with her, and if I ever pass away at a young age I want my friends, teachers, and family to remember me as a good student, and good person, and someone that they could always talk to. This is why I never want anybody to ever be mad at me, because even if I did nothing wrong there is guilt that hides inside of you and it feels like you are just dying from the inside out. I have to say I loved to book, and I normally will never admit that about a book. I actually do not like to read, but with this book it didn’t seem like I was reading it felt like I was just a person watching everything happen. So yes, I did enjoy this book because it just got me thinking. I want people to remember me for being a good person not bad and mean. After reading this story I’ve really been looking at myself with a bigger picture and I see and OK person but I want everyone to love me, so I am really striding to be as perfect as possible.
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Aug 13, 2011

Susan L rated it

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this book talks about 4 different teenager and this novel shows how teens can do anything to get popular. a high school girl name Laurie, she was ask to go to a party by a popular guy, quin. they went to the party which involves alcohol and drugs. Laurie blackmails that quin was her boyfriend even though it was lie because she wants to become popular. another guy name Jeremy likes analise. analise didnt return home from babysitting one night and her parent had no clue where she was. they called...more

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Apr 13, 2011

Jenna rated it

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This book was okay but I'm not really into the depressing endings. This young girl is coming home from babysitting and these high school kids coming home from a party. On the way the high school kids hit the girl biking home which he thinks was just a deer. When the girl with the guy who were at the party discover what they really hit, she black mails him to date her so she can become popular. You figure this our pretty early so its not spoiling the ending but it's a pretty good book if you like...more

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Apr 15, 2011

Vanessa rated it

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The book I read for March is called Hit and Run. It is written by Lurlene McDaniel. The book is about a few teens that are all tied together by an accedent, even though they don't really know eachother. A girl got hit by a truck, in the truck were two teens, and now everyone wants to know who hit the girl.

The best thing about this book is seeing whats happening from different points of views. I really liked seeing that because I really like learning about different people in the same...more

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Dec 08, 2010

Emma rated it

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Apr 17, 2009

Cyntanella Calloway rated it

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This book was awsome. It told of a gurl who wanted to be popular and would do anything to get there. She ended becoming the girlfriend of the most popular boy at school. She had to blackmail him into doing it beacuse they had ran over a girl one night when leaving a party. The boy was so drunk that he thought it was a deer. In the end she couldn't take the guilt when the girl died from the coma and she cofessed on the boy. He ended up getting arrested while the family and friends suffered from t...more

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Oct 19, 2011

Kirby rated it

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This was a tough one. I knew what would happen from the first few pages! The different perspectives really didn't add anything new to the story. I may have liked it more if I was into soap operas, but I'm not. It was just so predictable. It did surprise me that Analise died--I thought she was gonna wake up and reveal the truth...surely she saw her killer! But I was kind of glad she did, not in a morbid way, just because at least there was that surprise.

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Jan 22, 2012

James Davis rated it

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This was a good book, the only bad thing about it was that it was just a bit too short. It is about a young teenage girl named Analise who is riding down a dark road one night and gets hit by a car and is left in fatal condition in the hospital. The story is told by four different characters point of views and you see how all of their lives revolve around this one tragic accident. It is a prety good suspense novel and most people would enjoy it.

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Jun 05, 2011

Anne Broyles rated it

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This cautionary tale will hopefully cause young readers to consider the consequences of their actions. No spoiler here, since the title gives the central event that is explored from four points of view, all connected forever by an accident. I haven't read Lurlene McDaniel before, but had an impression that her books were more preachy than I found this one to be. This is a simple, short, accessible read with emotional punch.

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Jul 24, 2010

Heidi rated it

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This was a quick read about how the lives of a couple of teenagers are impacted when one of them hits another with his car and puts her into a coma. The characters are pretty one-dimensional (the driver of the car was a bad guy all around, but the girl who was hit was an absolute saint, as was her grieving boyfriend, etc.) and the book is predictable. Definitely one to skip unless you get it for free (like I did).

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Jul 18, 2009

Amber rated it

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Jeremy and Annelisse are seniors and in love.

Quinn is the MVP Senior ready to take on college and the baseball world.

Laurie is a freshman just trying to make it in HS and live up to her mom's "good ol' days".

When Annelisse is doesn't call home after a night of babysitting have people worried.

What could possible tie these very different people together, and how will it end?

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May 24, 2011

Cynthia rated it

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The book hit and run is a very good book it touched me like no other book has, this is actually the first book I wanted to read til the end. It interested me so much how much love, freedom and hate was mixed together to one, how everything had to be unraveled for the truth to come out. It seems to me anything that happens in a book can happen in the real world.

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Mar 20, 2011

Kristina rated it

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3.5 stars. I've never read anything by Lurlene McDaniel before, I always thought they'd be way too dramatic for me. This one though was written in 07 so it was more modern and I liked it much more than I thought I would. The ending was good but not great though, I didn't like the character Analise and how her storyline ended. Will probably read others by her :)

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“For as long as the world spins and the earth is green with new wood, she will lie in this box and not in my arms.” — 11 people liked it

“The importance of my old life is dimming as I move toward the bright light I've seen once before. It's allowing me to come to it, and this time, I won't be sent back. If only the people I'm leaving behind could understand! There is no sadness where I'm going. Only joy.” — 4 people liked it

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