SOLVED. Shortish scifi novel where a kid's family gets in a car crash when a kangaroo jumps in front of the car and he's dragged into a cave by aliens [s]

[Laura]

Hi, about ten-ish years ago I was cleaning my room and found this book in my closet so it was probably published around that time or a few years before (it could have been my brother's). At that time I was in late elementary/early middle school and I read the book within a few hours so it was probably written for the preteen age group (so it was about 150-200 pages long, paperback, a standard book of the Goosebumps size and reading level).

In the book, a kid (pretty sure a boy) is riding in the back seat of a car with his family and drops something. He unbuckles his seatbelt to pick it up, and when he looks up again he sees that a kangaroo has suddenly appeared in the road and his family hits it, sending him through the windshield I think and into the road. (I think there's something about him being the only one to see the kangaroo? I can't remember.) After this the book gets weird, I think he can't find his family again or they disappear or something. At some point he's unconscious and awakens to find himself being dragged into a cave by a bunch of small aliens. This is about all I can remember about the book.

If anyone can help me find out what this book is, I'd really appreciate it as I'd love to read it again. I just have this weird feeling associated with it and I'd like to either confirm that it was bizarre or reread it and find out it's not haha.

[bookel]

Someone ought to know it. Is it by an Australian author?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Laura, are you still looking for this?

[Shadowjac]

bookel wrote: "Someone ought to know it. Is it by an Australian author?"

I read this a long time ago. I don't know the books name but I can say this: the book has a mostly yellow cover and has a spiral pattern on it, there's also a picture of a car on it.
I donated the book to my elementary school, I'll try to go to my old school and find it.

[Shadowjac]

I just went to my old school it looks like the book was given away, one of the teachers said a teacher who left might have taken the book with her. The teacher who left still goes to my church, I'll check with her.

[Laura]

Thanks for your effort!! I'm still curious.

[Ayshe]

Road Kill by S.R. Martin?
(I came across topic on abebooks: http://forums.abebooks.com/discussion... I was thinking there was similar topic here, too, but reading it now it's not so similar: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... and I found this in the search :)

[Laura]

yes, that is it!! thank you so much!

[Shadowjac]

Thank you!