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Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
Deja and Josiah are best friends on a seasonal basis--every autumn all through high school they both come to work at the world's best pumpkin patch. Now, though, is their last Halloween, the last year of high school--they will never work together again. Realizing this, Josiah and Deja decide to skip work and actually make a night of it, doing all the fun things the patch offers--and maybe they will come to some realizations that only the ending of an era brings.
Review from Booklist Reviews:
It's Halloween, and after three years of manning the succotash hut together, it's the last night Josie and Deja will work at their beloved pumpkin patch. Tall, blond, Josie is dismayed that their lives will never be the same, while Black, chubby Deja is determined to make the most of their last day. Her mission? Get Josie to finally talk to his crush. What follows is a rapid-fire circuit of the pumpkin patch involving bribery, swapped shifts, missed connections, a snack-thieving kid, and Josie's rival for most-valuable pumpkin patch employee, not to mention a corn maze, petting zoo, and hayrack ride, where Josie finally gets his chance. Hick's cheerful, big-eyed cartoon figures are a great match for Rowell's playful, often awkward characters, and she draws the pumpkin-patch scenes with bustling activity, which adds to the lively atmosphere and fast-paced plot. Though readers might easily pick up on where the story's going and the quick-moving scenes don't allow much room for character development, this lighthearted, feel-good comic will find plenty of fans.
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