Hannah has a secret: She thinks she knows who's behind the hit-and-run accident that killed a popular high school football player in her small Connecticut town. But could it really be her brother, Rob? Or worse, his best friend Zach, the first boy to show her any romantic attention? As the police investigation into the accident unfolds, and Hannah falls hard for Zach, she vows to protect them both. Hannah is consumed with guilt as she finds herself lying to both her parents and her friends. Tensions mount as she learns she and Rob aren't the only ones in the family with a secret, as her friends turn against her, and as two different versions of the truth about the accident emerge, forcing her to decide where her loyalties lie. With her brother? Or with her boyfriend? The Accident is about choices and consequences, secrets and lies, and what happens when you follow your heart instead of your conscience.
The Accident
Lori Miller Kase is an award-winning journalist, short story writer, essayist, and young adult author. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vogue and Literary Mama, among other publications. But as a life-long lover of books, who has wanted to be an author since elementary school, she is most excited about writing books for children and young adults. Lori studied creative writing at Brown University and at Wesleyan University, where she earned a Master’s degree, and has taught it to elementary, middle school and high school students. She loves to inspire young writers, just as her own teachers encouraged her. Lori’s debut novel, The Accident, was the YA finalist for the 2024 Tassy Walden Awards for New Voices in Children’s Literature. The mother of two young adults, Lori writes from Simsbury, Connecticut, where she lives with her husband, a bossy dog, and an ever-expanding collection of books.