{"product_id":"forget-this-ever-happened-9780823451296","title":"Forget This Ever Happened","description":"\u003cb\u003eSometimes there's a town called Indianola. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd sometimes there isn't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJune, 1993. Claire has been dumped in rural Indianola, Texas, to spend her whole vacation taking care of mean, sickly Grammy. There's nothing too remarkable about Indianola: it's run-down, shabby, and sweltering, a pin-dot on the Gulf Coast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept there \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e something remarkable. Memories shimmer and change. Lizards whisper riddles under the pecan trees. People disappear as if they never existed. Yesterday keeps coming unspooled, like a video tape. And worst of all, a red-lightning storm from beyond our world may just wipe the whole town off the map, if Claire and her \u003ci\u003emaybe\u003c\/i\u003e-girlfriend Julie can't stop it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause reality doesn't apply in Indianola. Indianola is not supposed to exist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurprising, brilliant, and, like, totally tight, \u003ci\u003eForget This Ever Happened\u003c\/i\u003e is speculative horror at its finest, featuring a queer romance from a queer author and dark, dazzling world-building.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCassandra Rose Clarke has been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and the Phillip K. Dick Award, and is frequently published in magazines like \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e. Her 2012 novel THE ASSASSIN'S CURSE was a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Teen Book of the Year. She is a graduate of Clarion West, the country's premier writing program for speculative fiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448337010962,"sku":"9780823451296","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3601b488-c9a7-4eba-9ae1-9651d8054bda.jpg?v=1729733640","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/forget-this-ever-happened-9780823451296","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}