Hit and RunBy:R.l.stine book summary
Four high schoolers from Avondale North (Cassie Martin, the protagonist, Scott Baldwin, Eddie "Scaredy" Katz, and Bruce "Winks" Winkleman) secretly go out one evening to practice their driving on a nearby deserted road. However, on the way back home, they accidentally hit and kill a man crossing the street. The foursome try and keep it a secret, but too many odd things start to happen shortly after: the corpse of the man they killed is reported missing from the morgue, the four young teens start receiving threatening phone calls from the deceased man (Brandt Tinkers), as well as other signs to indicate the man isn't dead after all--or is he? Could this whole stunt really just be a sick joke? Cassie, Eddie, Scott, and Winks are constant companions. Cassie has a secret crush on Scott, Winks is a practical joker, and Eddie is the group's scaredy-cat. With Winks leading them, Scott and Cassie tease Eddie mercilessly: the four scare him with an eyeball from the town morgue, and frighten him while he is trying to learn to drive. One night, when they take Scott's parents' car to practice driving illegally, Eddie hits a man and runs him over. Horrified, and too worried about the consequences to do anything responsible, the four friends leave the man for dead by the side of the road. In the days that follow, the four friends try to hide their guilt, but it appears that someone knows the truth about what they did - the corpse! The corpse has disappeared from the morgue, and now he is calling them on the phone and leaving threatening notes on their doorsteps. He even goes so far as to cause a car accident himself when he does his own hit and run, injuring Winks. In the end, Cassie discovers the corpse in the trunk of Eddie's car, and the most terrible practical joke of all is revealed, with Eddie at its helm. Author of more than 80 books of humor, adventure, and mystery for young readers, R.L. Stine has written a suspenseful tale of friendship turned bad.
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