{"product_id":"forget-this-ever-happened-isbn-9780823451296","title":"Forget This Ever Happened","description":"\u003cb\u003eSometimes there's a town called Indianola.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd sometimes there isn't.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause reality doesn't apply in Indianola. Indianola is not supposed to exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Reading the West Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"Small-town politics, weird creatures, and LGBTQ first love elevate this fast-paced piece of speculative horror… The town’s mystery [unfolds] with a compulsively building menace, while delightfully alien monsters, sweet queer representation, and a riot grrrl soundtrack keep even tense moments fun.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eForget This Ever Happened\u003c\/i\u003e is a queer YA speculative fiction romance featuring monsters, hurricanes, time- and space-bending, and loads of 90s references!\"—\u003cb\u003eThe Nerd Daily\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"The slow-burn lesbian romance, convoluted family mysteries, and the paranormal aspects of memory loss and the nature of reality will hook readers… A twisty labyrinth.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Clarke slowly ratchets up the tension of this fascinating, genre-bending mystery… Original and compelling.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"The disorientation Claire feels as she makes her way through Indianola is shared by the reader to fun and atmospheric effect, and the depiction of the benign, but deeply out-of-place, monsters is well done… Mysterious.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eForget This Ever Happened\u003c\/i\u003e was so atmospheric and so gay! I loved the plot and the writing style… A unique and mind-bending atmosphere.\"\u003cb\u003e—TBR and Beyond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"A mystery filled with suspense [and] many plot twists that I enjoyed and never saw coming.\"—\u003cb\u003eBelmont Public Library Online\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Something which I haven’t ever come across before... A perfect blend… Quite charming.\"—\u003cb\u003eYours A-fiction-ately\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Claire and Julie’s romance seemed completely genuine… Extremely interesting.\"—\u003cb\u003eFor the Novel Lovers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"This book is weird in all the best ways and I LOVED IT! …You know when a book lives up to its hype and it’s just SO GOOD? That’s what this book was for me!\"—\u003cb\u003eKait Plus Books\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299756789989,"sku":"NP9780823451296","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780823451296.jpg?v=1767727577","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/forget-this-ever-happened-isbn-9780823451296","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}