Clown in a Cornfield: A Great Fall and Halloween Read for Teens

by Adam Cesare

Life, Quinn had decided on the long ride out here, was a matter of perspective and attitude.

There’d been plenty of interesting bumper stickers around town, but she couldn’t help but pick out the truck with the gun rack, the “Don’t Tread on Me” magnet, and an American flag sticker with a dark blue stripe. Back home, the truck wouldn’t have belonged to a Philadelphian, the sticker representing a Pennsyltucky bingo, but in Kettle Springs it was starting to look normal.

Different strokes, different worlds, reconciled. It was easier IRL than in comment threads; you had to look the person in the face, still wanting to like them.

Madness. Hate. Insecurity. Tradition. The American Dream.

that. The fact that history bent toward progress, no matter how hard the assholes tried pushing back.