Cyclone, Doreen Cronin
Cyclone, Doreen Cronin
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Cyclone

Author: Doreen Cronin

Narrator: Candace Thaxton

Unabridged: 6 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/29/2017


Synopsis

Nora’s whole world plummets faster than the Cyclone roller coaster when her cousin Riley falls into a coma that Nora thinks is her fault in this warm, big-hearted debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Doreen Cronin.

Riding the Cyclone, the world famous Coney Island rollercoaster, was supposed to be the highlight of Nora’s summer. But right after they disembark, Nora’s cousin Riley falls to the ground…and doesn’t get up. Nora had begged and dragged Riley onto the ride, and no matter what the doctors say, that she had a heart condition, that it could have happened at any time, Nora knows it was her fault. Then, as Riley comes out of her coma, she’s not really Riley at all. The cousin who used to be loud and funny and unafraid now can’t talk, let alone go to the bathroom by herself. Now she’s only 10% Riley. Nora, guilt eating her up on the inside worse than a Coney Island hotdog, thinks she knows how to help. How to get 100% Riley back. But what Nora doesn’t realize is that the guilt will only get worse as that percentage rises.

About Doreen Cronin

Doreen Cronin is the author of many bestselling and New York Times bestselling picture books, including Click, Clack, Quack to School!Click, Clack, Surprise!Click, Clack, Ho, Ho, HoClick, Clack, PeepClick, Clack, Boo!Dooby Dooby MooThump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky AdventureBounceWiggleDuck for PresidentGiggle, Giggle, QuackBloom; and the Caldecott Honor Book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type as well as The Chicken Squad series and Cyclone. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at DoreenCronin.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on January 27, 2018

I have loved all of Dorren Cronin's other books and was looking forward to reading her debut middle grade novel. She chose a very serious topic to tackle -- a teenage girl named Riley suddenly has a stroke after riding a roller coaster. Her cousin Nora manipulated her into joining in on the ride and......more

Goodreads review by Alex on July 08, 2017

Nora couldn’t wait to be tall enough to ride the Coney Island Cyclone, and now, at age 12, she is about to achieve her dream. It wasn’t easy talking her cousin Riley, 13, into going on the Cyclone with her, but Nora finally managed to do it, not really hearing Riley’s protestations and brushing asid......more

Goodreads review by Joanne on November 11, 2017

Really 3.5 The roller coaster on the cover of the book drew me in, and the beginning was so strong that I couldn't wait to see what happened. Like so many other middle grade books, the topic is serious. The Coney Island setting, including the Cyclone, was almost like another character in the story. Some......more

Goodreads review by ♤ n a t a l i e ♤ on March 23, 2021

yes yes yes READ THIS......more

Goodreads review by noli on April 25, 2023

this book had me HOOKED from beginning to end!!......more