Clown in a Cornfield
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4.2 • 91 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
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
Customer Reviews
It’s entertaining yet rushed.
It’s fun but I’d like to see the author’s notes, the villain and heroine connection didn’t work for me. It’s told from the wrong perspective which would’ve interesting had it been in another character’s perspective, but political circumstances I see why it’s told this way. The twists as different as they were felt a bit rushed, it could’ve been stretched into future installments, overall this is a 80’s slasher directed by a millennial. It has inspired me to give writing a retry.
Total nonsense.
I genuinely hope and pray that young adult readers are more intelligent than this. It’s astonishing what this book proposes, especially considering it’s now late 2025. This type of nonsense is becoming dangerous, and I’m tired of it. Find a new boogeyman, MAGA doesn’t work anymore.
Insane!
I loved this book. The story is more than just your average slasher book, there is actual character development and some twists you just don’t see coming.
Really excited to read the other 2 books.