Paperback ISBN: 978-1-957656-19-9
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-957656-20-5
"An affecting teen drama with an affable hero.” - Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the 2023 Illinois Indie Author Project "Soon to be Famous" Award
Topics: Transitioning from High School to College, Friendships, Supernatural Gifts, Kidnapping, Serial Killer, Travel Safety, Cross Country Trip
Audience: Ages 13 - up
Every tire track tells a story. At least that's what accident experts say. And there's no better expert than eighteen-year-old Mason.Mason dreads the skid marks left by braking tires. Every mark - every near miss, dead animal, injured person - plays like a soundless documentary in his mind. When Mason's on-again-off-again crush Addie begs him to drive cross-country to help her move, he must face what he thought was his greatest fear - the open road. But a tire mark left near a missing woman's car on the Loneliest Road in America changes everything. As Mason searches for clues, he and Addie drive closer to trouble and risk losing everything.
ANGELIQUE BURRELL is a writer and author of A Mark in the Road, which won the 2023 Illinois Author Project “Soon to be Famous” award and is a 2025 Kindle Book Review “Best of Indie” young adult semifinalist. For over 30 years, Angelique taught high school English, including creative writing, in a suburb of Chicago, bringing her love of reading and writing to high school students. Currently, she is a full-time writer and part-time procrastinator. She is blessed to have a supportive husband who doesn't mind her binge-writing late into the night, a daughter and son to bounce ideas off of, and a labrador retriever to distract her from her work. Angelique is a native Illinoisan, but when she can, she leaves the plains to travel to Lake Tahoe, California to hang out in the mountains. For latest news and events, check out her website: angeliqueburrell.com
