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Ride the Cyclone

by Jacob Richmond

A contest for a second chance

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A contest for a second chance

Six members of a Canadian chamber choir find themselves in limbo after a roller-coaster accident, where a mechanical fortune teller gives each a chance to argue for returning to life. Presented as a musical with songs, the premise brings questions about adolescence, memory, and what makes a life well-lived into a darkly comic contest. The choice of a prize with life-or-death stakes gives the teenagers’ competing stories a shared frame, while the central questions keep the focus on how each understands their own claim to a second chance.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories centered on adolescence.
  • Readers drawn to dark humor and an unusual afterlife premise.
  • Those interested in musicals that explore memory, fairness, and second chances.

Themes

AdolescenceMemorySecond chancesFairness and deservingnessDark humor

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Book overview

In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other - the chance to return to life. Through a wondrously funny and touching series of songs, the teen contestants argue that they should be the ones to be saved. Told with moving insights into adolescence as well as dark comedic style benefiting the outrageousness of its premise, Ride The Cyclone is a memorable and original musical. What makes a life well-lived? Who deserves to have a second chance? Which are the memories that we will treasure? All these questions and more are answered in Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell's stunning work.
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