"A novel" -- Cover. "Originally published in Great Britain in 2007 by HarperCollinsPublishers" -- Title page verso.
Summary:
It's 1981 and Shelby Sloane gets a canary yellow Mustang convertible as a graduation present. She plans to drive cross country to find her mother who left her many years earlier. Her childhood friend, Gina, desperate to reunite with her boyfriend in Bakersfield, has convinced Shelby to bring her along. When the girls pick up a mysterious hitchhiker named Candy Cane, their casual summer adventure quickly turns into a matter of life and death. This desperate stranger, streetwise beyond her years, is on the run from a past darker than anything the two ordinary girls have ever known. As Candy draws Shelby and Gina into her terrifying world, one thing is certain: if the three friends survive their perilous ride, their lives will never be the same again.
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