Cyclone By Eden Cronin Analysis
In the remarkable novel, “Cyclone,” by Doreen Cronin, twelve-year-old Nora has been counting down the days to ride the one and only Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island. Not only does the ride, Cyclone, have its swirls and steep falls, but it is incredibly old, making it all the scarier for Nora. She decides that she doesn’t want to face it alone and tries to persuade her favorite cousin, Riley, to join her. Riley refuses, so Nora feels as though she has no choice, but to blackmail her by threatening to tell her mother one of her deepest secrets. Despite Riley’s fear of heights and really, really big fear of roller coasters, she agrees and accompanies Nora on the ride, not knowing that from that moment on her life will be forever changed.