The Best YA Graphic Novel - Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
“...I'm your friend. And friends don't let friends live small lives.”
Pumpkinheads
My rating
4 Stars
Author
Rainbow Rowell
Publisher
Macmillan Books
Genre
Graphic Novel
Number of Pages
219
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Publisher's Blurb
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 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?
A fun read with pretty illustrations. Perfect as a coffee table book especially for young readers. I loved getting to know the myths, traditions, and food around the pumplon season.
Rainbow Rowell
Rainbow Rowell writes books. Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS and LANDLINE). Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK, FANGIRL and THE SIMON SNOW BOOKS.). But she always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they're screwing up. And people who fall in love.
Top Quotes from Pumpkinheads
“People all sort of look the same to me until I talk to them. That's when they start to get interesting. That's when they start to shimmer." -Deja”
“Deja, I don't want October to be over. Because October means you.”
“It's not fate that brings people together. It's people!”
“You choose to be my friend every day that you show up. And I choose to be yours.”
“I was sitting by myself, feeling like a big nerd.'
'And I was like, "look at that big nerd.”
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