Now Is Not the Time to Panic

　　兩個年輕人大膽的藝術行動，這個夏天將顛覆他們的一生！
 
　　1996年，田納西州這個叫Coalfield的小鎮，就跟其他農村一樣偏遠無趣，16歲的Frankie Budge被迫要在這裡待上一整個暑假。這個聰明熱情，卻又是個想法特立獨行的年輕作家整個人都要被悶死了，直到她在公眾泳池中遇到了另一個藝術怪咖－Zeke。兩個人一拍即合，萌生而出的不僅僅是情愫，還有無數的奇怪點子，Frankie的文章搭配Zeke的插畫，甚至設計出一個奇怪的海報，上面寫著：「風尖浪口是淘金者的貧民窟，吾等乃亡命之徒，法律迫不急待將吾等撕碎止飢。」這張匿名海報如過境蝗蟲，被四處張貼在各地，人們開始臆測這張海報的來歷，究竟背後之人是撒旦教徒或是綁架犯？一時之間傳言四起，無來由的群眾恐慌滲透了整個城鎮，在進一步發展成國家級事件前，由媒體喝斥這張海報是「製造麻煩的街頭藝術」，才漸漸平息下來。
 
　　二十多年過後，Frances Eleanor Budge接到一通電話，電話彼端的消息可能會威脅到她多年來努力經營的生活：一位叫做Mazzy Brower的記者，將揭發1996年這場名為「Coalfield 恐慌」的真相…

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Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge--aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner--is determined to make it through yet another summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who has just moved into his grandmother’s house and who is as awkward as Frankie is. Romantic and creative sparks begin to fly, and when the two jointly make an unsigned poster, shot through with an enigmatic phrase, it becomes unforgettable to anyone who sees it. When the posters begin appearing everywhere, people wonder who is behind them and start to panic. The rumors won’t stop, and soon the mystery has dangerous repercussions that spread far beyond the town. Twenty years later, Frances Eleanor Budge gets a call that threatens to upend her carefully built life: a journalist named Mazzy Brower is writing a story about the Coalfield Panic of 1996. Might Frances know something about that?--]cProvided by publisher.