What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Hi, about ten-ish years ago I was cleaning my room and found this book in my closet so it was probably published around that time or a few years before (it could have been my brother's). At that time I was in late elementary/early middle school and I read the book within a few hours so it was probably written for the preteen age group (so it was about 150-200 pages long, paperback, a standard book of the Goosebumps size and reading level).

In the book, a kid (pretty sure a boy) is riding in the back seat of a car with his family and drops something. He unbuckles his seatbelt to pick it up, and when he looks up again he sees that a kangaroo has suddenly appeared in the road and his family hits it, sending him through the windshield I think and into the road. (I think there's something about him being the only one to see the kangaroo? I can't remember.) After this the book gets weird, I think he can't find his family again or they disappear or something. At some point he's unconscious and awakens to find himself being dragged into a cave by a bunch of small aliens. This is about all I can remember about the book.

If anyone can help me find out what this book is, I'd really appreciate it as I'd love to read it again. I just have this weird feeling associated with it and I'd like to either confirm that it was bizarre or reread it and find out it's not haha.

Someone ought to know it. Is it by an Australian author?

Laura, are you still looking for this?

bookel wrote: "Someone ought to know it. Is it by an Australian author?"

I read this a long time ago. I don't know the books name but I can say this: the book has a mostly yellow cover and has a spiral pattern on it, there's also a picture of a car on it.
I donated the book to my elementary school, I'll try to go to my old school and find it.

I just went to my old school it looks like the book was given away, one of the teachers said a teacher who left might have taken the book with her. The teacher who left still goes to my church, I'll check with her.

Thanks for your effort!! I'm still curious.

Road Kill by S.R. Martin?
(I came across topic on abebooks: http://forums.abebooks.com/discussion... I was thinking there was similar topic here, too, but reading it now it's not so similar: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... and I found this in the search :)

yes, that is it!! thank you so much!

Thank you!