Pumpkinheads
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Rainbow Rowell
This format is designed to be read on color devices and cannot be read on black-and-white e-readers. 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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Author
Rainbow Rowell
Pages
224
Publisher
First Second
Published Date
2019-08-27
ISBN
1250269067 9781250269065
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"When I first read this book I like skim through it and I was like this might be a really simple book. I don’t know if I like it so I read it in four days and it was a really good book. I loved it so much."
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Courtney Gross
"I know that Rainbow Rowell is a popular author but i don’t think i’ll like her books. I read Fangirl. It had a few problems that most fans look past. Some her other books were accused of having some problems.<br/><br/>Now to the review. It was ok. It didn’t have that much of a plot and it dragged on for too long. Whether you like this depends on if you like the characters. The two main characters are Josiah and Deja. Josiah is more nervous but nit like awkward nervous. Deja likes to take action. She is black and had dated girls and guys. The novel never makes a big deal out of it, which is nice. For me the characters were decent but not entertaining enough to watch them walk around the pumpkin patch.<br/><br/>The plot is pretty much Josiah has a crush on a girl that works at the fudge place, but he was too nervous to talk to her. It is Deja and Josiah last day at the pumpkin patch, so Deja convinces Josiah to go try to talk to her. The whole novel they are pretty much trying to find the girl. Deja tried to collect a bunch of tries to eat before she goes. At one point a kid steals her Carmel apple, so every time she sees him she goes after him. They talk to some people that work there and that’s the book. <br/><br/>Also the ending is exactly what you think it would be. Remember it is YA. Now take a guess what you think the ending to a guy trying to find a girl that he likes with his friend is. I know that finding the girl would be pointless, so i didn’t care. <br/><br/>I got kinda mad at the ending. It isn’t them getting together, but it is more of the fact that it presents itself as a friendship. They have no romantic chemistry. The only reason that i knew they were going to get together was because YA and i used every single little tiny hint as proof that they were going to get together. I don’t mind romance in YA but i am tired of the fact that a guy and a girl can’t be just friends unless the character is gay. <br/><br/>Unlike Fangirl, i can see why other people like it. The characters have more personality than most graphic novels i’ve read. The designs are cute."
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