{"product_id":"bride-of-the-tornado-9781683693277","title":"Bride of the Tornado","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A powerfully weird, original tale that combines American folk horror with a surreal coming-of-age nightmare.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stephen King's \u003ci\u003eThe Mist\u003c\/i\u003e meets David Lynch's \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e in this surreal, mind-bending horror-thriller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a small town tucked away in the midwestern corn fields, the adults whisper about Tornado Day. Our narrator, a high school sophomore, has never heard this phrase but she soon discovers its terrible meaning: a plague of sentient tornadoes is coming to destroy them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only thing that stands between the town and total annihilation is a teen boy known as the tornado killer. Drawn to this enigmatic boy, our narrator senses an unnatural connection between them. But the adults are hiding a secret about the origins of the tornadoes and the true nature of the tornado killer--and our narrator must escape before the primeval power that binds them all comes to claim her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAudaciously conceived and steeped in existential dread, this genre-defying fever dream of a novel reveals the mythbound madness at the heart of American life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Kennedy \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the horror thriller \u003ci\u003eBride of the Tornado\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e named one of the \"Best Recent Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels\" in September 2023. James's previous books include the sci-fi novel \u003ci\u003eDare to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named by the \u003ci\u003eTimes Saturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e as a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2021, and the young adult fantasy \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Odd-Fish\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, James is the founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, an annual video contest in which kid filmmakers create short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds. He also hosts the \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Story\u003c\/i\u003e podcast with Matt Bird. James lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quirk Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610319655186,"sku":"9781683693277","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad3fbf66-169d-4c30-b27a-3b21df4694d6.jpg?v=1732339465","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bride-of-the-tornado-9781683693277","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}