Clown in a Cornfield

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

Author: Adam Cesare
Publisher: Harperteen
Published: 08/25/2020
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780062854599
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513087 / Clown in a Cornfield


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 75
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2020
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2020 - Recommended - Readable
Booklist 08/01/2020 pg. 64
School Library Journal 08/21/2020 pg. 1

About the Author
Cesare, Adam: - Adam Cesare is a New Yorker who lives in Philadelphia. His books include Clown in a Cornfield, Video Night, The Summer Job, and Zero Lives Remaining. He's an avid fan of horror cinema and runs Project: Black T-Shirt, a YouTube review show where he takes horror films and pairs them with reading suggestions.