In this episode of the Your Kid’s Next Read Friday First Chapters series:
A. L. Tait reads ‘Danger Road’
A. L. Tait reads from her contemporary middle-grade crime novel ‘Danger Road’, a fast-paced mystery story about two brothers who set out to solve a 25-year-old cold case and uncover more than they bargained for.
About A. L. Tait
Allison Tait, also known as A. L. Tait, is the internationally published bestselling author of 11 middle-grade novels, including fantasy adventure series such as The Mapmaker Chronicles, The Ateban Cipher, and the Maven & Reeve Mysteries.
Her latest novels are contemporary stories: ‘The First Summer of Callie McGee’ (2023), ‘Willow Bright’s Secret Plot’ (May 2025) and ‘Danger Road’ (new).
Allison’s novels have been longlisted and shortlisted for various awards, including the 2024 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award (Callie McGee).
Allison is the co-host of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast, speaks regularly in schools and at conferences and festivals, and teaches creative writing for children at the Australian Writers’ Centre.
About ‘Danger Road’
One podcast. Two brothers. A hit-and-run cold case. Who killed Corey Armstrong?
Everyone’s talking about Corey Armstrong…
Twenty five years ago, on a dark winter’s night, teenager Corey Armstrong was left to die by a hit and run driver on Danger Road. Now Corey’s the subject of a podcast that’s putting his hometown on the map, but with the series almost over, the case remains unsolved.
When brothers Alex and Leo decide to try to find out what happened to Corey, they learn more about his world than they could have imagined. Everyone’s talking about the popular footballer, but the question remains: did anyone really know him?
As Alex and Leo sink deeper into the past, they uncover old secrets, ready to resurface, and realise that someone in town must know something which means someone they know might be the killer.
Will bringing up the past jeopardise the brothers’ own futures? And could bringing a cold case back to life prove fatal?
Published by Scholastic Australia
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Our books
The Mapmaker Chronicles series by A. L. Tait
The Ateban Cipher (duology) by A. L. Tait
The Maven & Reeve Mysteries by A. L. Tait
The First Summer of Callie McGee by A. L. Tait
Willow Bright’s Secret Plot by A. L. Tait
Danger Road by A. L. Tait
The Beehive by Megan Daley
Teacher, Teacher (anthology), edited by Megan Daley
Raising Readers by Megan Daley
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