The corn itself could have been waving hello, or it could have been breathing. Quinn looked to the horizon as the cornstalks swayed with the breeze. Clown in a Cornfield is out now via Harper Collins. Clown in a Cornfield Quotes Showing 1-11 of 11. As the title suggests, Clown in a Cornfield is full of unforgettable imagery that blends the pastoral peace of the Midwest with the utter creepiness of a hulking figure dressed like a clown stalking between rows of corn, ready to draw blood. 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. Clown in a Cornfield perfectly encapsulates the generational and ideological divide currently shaping today’s politics, while offering up a compelling page-turner that should appeal equally to today’s teens and those who spent their nights watching stacks of low-budget slashers on VHS. It's a fight that looks like it will destroy the town.

Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. 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. But what they don't know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start.

Young Adult Fiction | New Books January 23īram 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.

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