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Clown in a Cornfield

by Adam Cesare

A town divided, and a mascot turned menace

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A town divided, and a mascot turned menace

Kettle Springs is already split between adults longing to restore the town and teenagers eager to leave when Quinn Maybrook arrives with her father. The closure of the local Baypen Corn Syrup Factory sits behind that divide; the reappearance of Frendo, its unsettling clown mascot, turns local tensions into a threat. Adam Cesare’s young adult thriller combines small-town conflict with slasher-horror elements, setting generational friction against a violent struggle over who belongs in the town’s future.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in horror and suspense.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about generational conflict and small-town divisions.
  • Fans of slasher stories featuring a costumed threat.

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Generational conflictTradition and changeSmall-town declineBelonging and community

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Book overview

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 ReadingFor teens who love dark and scary stories

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