Pumpkinheads
Readers rate it 4.0 (298 on Hardcover)
224 pages · Released 2019 · First Second
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Pumpkinheads is a lighthearted, character-driven graphic novel about two best friends making the most of their final night working together at a pumpkin patch. The story celebrates friendship, courage, and seizing meaningful moments with minimal content concerns. Rowell and Hicks create an emotionally warm coming-of-age story perfect for early teens, with inclusive representation and age-appropriate humor and romance.
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In Pumpkinheads, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and Eisner Award-winning artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this tender and hilarious story about two irresistible teens discovering what it means to leave behind a place--and a person--with no regrets. Deja and Josiah are sea... In Pumpkinheads, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and Eisner Award-winning artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this tender and hilarious story about two irresistible teens discovering what it means to leave behind a place--and a person--with no regrets. Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends. Every autumn, all through high school, they've worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. (Not many people know that the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world is in Omaha, Nebraska, but it definitely is.) They say good-bye every Halloween, and they're reunited every September 1. But this Halloween is different--Josiah and Deja are finally seniors, and this is their last season at the pumpkin patch. Their last shift together. Their last good-bye. Josiah's ready to spend the whole night feeling melancholy about it. Deja isn't ready to let him. She's got a plan: What if--instead of moping and the usual slinging lima beans down at the Succotash Hut--they went out with a bang? They could see all the sights! Taste all the snacks! And Josiah could finally talk to that cute girl he's been mooning over for three years . . . What if their last shift was an adventure?
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- Loveable Characters
- Diverse Characters
- Character driven
- Weak Character Development
- Strong Character Development
- Plot driven
- lighthearted
- funny
- Adventurous
- relaxing
- hopeful
- Young Adult
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ISBN 9781250312853 · First Second