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Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks
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. They say good-bye every Halloween, and they’re reunited every September. 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. Or is it?
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… the fudge girl.
While Deja is determined to get Josiah out of his shell and finally talk to the girl of his dreams, what if they are missing the most important part of the season? The fact that love might not be so far across the pumpkin patch as they think. It might be right here, where they are now.
This one, while great to look at, fell really flat for me. It was too predictable and cliche. Faith Erin Hicks’s work was this graphic novel’s saving grace. That and the beyond dreamy setting. (Alright, alright… I love autumn okay?!) This graphic novel, unfortunately, left much to be desired.
I do, however, appreciate all that Rainbow Rowell does for the LGBTQIA+ community, which is why I still support this book. A bisexual main character, an interracial love story and a positive message gave this book exactly what we all needed from it. It’s a very progressive and positive image that I’m glad to see more and more of in the graphic novel, juvenile and YA genres.
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