Synopsis
Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
In Adam Cesare’s terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress—that just may cost her life.
Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start. But what they don’t know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half.
On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can.
Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It’s a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now.
YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee
- Perfect for Halloween Reading
- For teens who love dark and scary stories
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About the Author
Adam Cesare is the author of the Bram Stoker Award–winning Clown in a Cornfield series, the graphic novel Dead Mall, and several other novels and novellas, including the cult hit Video Night and the YA psychothriller Influencer. An avid fan of horror cinema, you can watch him talk about movies on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and the rest of his socials.
Reviews
Gr 9 Up—Quinn and her father move from Philadelphia to the heartland following the overdose death of her mother. Her dad has taken over the practice of the recently retired town physician—office and turnkey home included. Quinn quickly finds herself aligned with the town mischief-makers. Following an explosive Founder's Day parade—replete with denizens in Frendo the Clown costumes and pranks gone horribly awry—the town teenagers head to a cornfield to celebrate in their own way. The party begins normally enough with loud music, cheap beer, and barn dancing, but it quickly escalates as Quinn and her new friends soon discover they are not the only ones who are walking the rows at night. Suddenly, there's a clown in the cornfield and this Frendo definitely isn't there to make friends. But just as they defeat this clown, dozens of heavily armed Frendos come out of the corn taking deathly aim. Cesare brings the slasher film to the page. Once the clowns make their appearance the book kicks into high-gore gear. Fans of the genre will not be disappointed—there's no shortage of the usual tropes. Not much in the way of character development, but readers probably aren't coming to this one looking for much other than the chills and thrills in a quick read. Quinn's ethnicity isn't stated, and partygoers are a mix of races and sexual orientations. VERDICT If blood and guts and teens taking on a murderous clown posse are in your readers' wheelhouse, harvest this one for your collection. Otherwise leave it on the stalk.—Elaine Baran Black, Georgia P.L. Svc., Atlanta
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