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    Clown in a Cornfield
    Clown in a Cornfield
    Clown in a Cornfield
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    Clown in a Cornfield

    Written by Adam Cesare

    Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky

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    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

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 25, 2020
    ISBN9780063011762
    Author

    Adam Cesare

    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.

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    • 5/5
      Upon realizing this was a YA horror my first thought was great another “scary” book that doesn’t really do much in the way of horror and focuses on so love story, but oh really Adam Cesare really knows what he is doing. The entire time I felt like I was in a slasher film and once the action gets going it doesn’t stop. If you are looking for a good October read please pick this book up.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Perfect read for spooky season! I felt like I was on the edge of my seat the whole time just wondering what’s going to happen next.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      I'm currently listening to this and it is not that good. It has a few good parts but it feels like it was drug out when it could have been significantly shorter and been better if it was. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone tbh. And after finishing it it only got worse

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      What a great horror story! The ending was the best for me.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      The twists were lame, ridiculous, and completely unbelievable, and I rolled my eyes through most of it. Just another YA book trying to make a political statement. But if you can get passed all that and pretend you are watching a B slasher movie, the slasher parts are fun.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Perfect for spooky season and slasher film enthusiasts! 10/10 recommend

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The novel centers upon Quinn, a teenage girl who has recently moved to the small factory town of Kettle Springs, Missouri after the tragic death of her mother. Her father has been hired as the new town physician in the hopes that this will allow the two of them to heal. The area has suffered financially since the closing of the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory and its subsequent burning due to arson. As a result the town is at odds with itself and strict lines are drawn between the largely conservative adults and the teens, who are more interested in having fun and drawing views on social media.

      Quinn manages to befriend some of the other teens after an incident during her first day in class, after one of the teachers sends them all to study hall. She is invited to attend the Founder's Day celebration with them despite the teacher also banning them from the event. However things take a turn for the worst when the town's mascot, Frendo the Clown, begins to kill the town's "wayward" youth one by one.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Yes, it’s an enjoyable teen slasher. Not a classic, but damn fun.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely amazing book!! I did not see the twist at the end coming!
    • 4/5
      Wow this was better than I expected. I bought it because I loved the title and it was on sale.
      The first third of the book is slow and it is essentially a YA book but the story actually worked, For a horror slasher story. The book was a little vague on when it was supposed to take place or maybe just some of the dates didn’t sync correctly. And it’s clearly written by someone who has spent most if not all their life on the east coast as the Midwest stereotypes were quite laughable.
    • 3/5
      I was really excited to read this book. I had heard great things about it. I don’t know if it was just over-hyped to me or what, but I was somewhat disappointed. It didnt feel like there was enough detail about why things happened.
    • 5/5
      This better be made into a movie. It’s giving 80’s slasher final girl vibes. It’s a slow start but wait it out the ending is ???
    • 5/5
      The story is a bit predictable but was still a good listen and had me wanting ro know what was going to happen next.
    • 4/5
      When you're a teen, you feel like everyone is against you. Sometimes they are.
      The narrative voice sounds pretty authentic, and there's enough grizzly gore to satisfy any horror fan.
    • 5/5
      Amazing, I can not wait for the sequel!! I absolutely love it.
    • 3/5
      Meh. Didn't hate it but very cliche. Story wasn't awful, gore and violence gave a bit of a higher rating. Overdone teenage characters, adults that were ridiculously overdone. Narrator was awful IMHO , lots of vibrato and over the top voices as well, quite distracting.
    • 5/5
      Modern slasher story! Plenty gorey details and drama! Loved it!
    • 4/5
      Entertaining, but pretty far fetched.
      It was great to sleep too
    • 4/5
      I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did tbh. I hadn’t read the synopsis or anything, just dove in and I was waiting for a monster or something supernatural. That twist was awesome. I loved some of the characters- Rust especially. My only gripe is that it went pretty heavy handed with the message. I agree with the message whole heartedly- boomers, am I right?- but it laid it on thick, almost point form with things ridiculous boomers (and republicans let’s be honest) thought and said. It wasn’t enough to sway me from enjoying this. Far more gory than I expected from a YA, but it was awesome.
    • 4/5
      good book until it tried to say that some redneck missourians throwing a field party would be listening to cardi b and kid cudi
    • 5/5
      I feel like there is a lot of really good social commentary in this book. It was fun to follow along with and has an important message for the young adults who choose to read it (and us older adults as well). The part that hit me the hardest was the father disiwning his son for different political views. Won't say who to avoid any spoilers. That was something I could really feel. It doesn't have to be that way, and hopefully, this story can help change some of that stigma in the future.
    • 3/5
      Meh. It was ok. Not amazing but not terrible. Id recommend it to teens.
    • 4/5
      A great, facst paced thriller that didn't let up until the final period!
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the slasher element, but I didn't see the point of the gay subplot twist. Felt a bit like pandering.
    • 3/5
      A narradora é incrivel, só n curti mt a história mesmo... enrola demais pra chegar na parte que queremos e quando chega n é como imaginei
    • 5/5
      Superbly written 80s style slasher with lots of clowns in.
    • 5/5
      This book was fantastic! Best spooky read of 2021! Although, I agree with the sentiment, It was a little preachy at times. However, the whole of the story was solid. 5 stars from me.
    • 4/5
      Loved it. It was a fun listen, light lifting. Slasher movie vibes with a glee inducing twist towards the end (for me at least ). Immediately started listening to the sequel when it ended.
    • 5/5
      what the fuck?? i?? don't even know what to say??? what did i just read??
    • 3/5
      Good YA horror. If you’re into slasher flicks then you will probably love this book since it’s full of action and creative kills. It’s a little more YA than I’ll typically like, but that’s not the books fault. If not for that I would say four stars.