Pumpkin by Julie Murphy

Pumpkin

Julie Murphy

HarperCollins · Paperback · May 31, 2022

Return to the beloved world of Julie Murphy’s #1 New York Times bestselling Dumplin’—now a popular Netflix feature film starring Jennifer Aniston—in this fabulously joyful, final companion novel about drag, prom, and embracing your inner Queen.

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Who it’s for
A joyful, glitter-dusted coming-of-age story about showing up as yourself.
Genres
YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Coming of Age, Romantic Comedy for Teens
Published
HarperCollins, May 31, 2022

About this book

Return to the beloved world of Julie Murphy’s #1 New York Times bestselling Dumplin’—now a popular Netflix feature film starring Jennifer Aniston—in this fabulously joyful, final companion novel about drag, prom, and embracing your inner Queen. Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City.

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His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon so that he can live his Julie-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-music-Andrews truth. So when Clementine deviates from their master plan right after Waylon gets dumped, he throws caution to the wind and creates an audition tape for his favorite TV drag show, Fiercest of Them All. What he doesn’t count on is the tape getting accidentally shared with the entire school. . . . As a result, Waylon is nominated for prom queen as a joke. Clem’s girlfriend, Hannah Perez, also receives a joke nomination for prom king. Waylon and Hannah decide there’s only one thing to do: run—and leave high school with a bang. A very glittery bang. Along the way, Waylon discovers that there is a lot more to running for prom court than campaign posters and plastic crowns, especially when he has to spend so much time with the very cute and infuriating prom king nominee Tucker Watson. Waylon will need to learn that the best plan for tomorrow is living for today . . . especially with the help of some fellow queens. . . .

Glitter and Growing Up

A joyful, glitter-dusted coming-of-age story about showing up as yourself.

Come here for

  • Drag, prom, and a glittery act of self-acceptance
  • A high-school romance with comic bite

Expect

  • Teenage messiness, big feelings, and playful humor
  • An openly gay boy finding room to be fully himself

Where it sits

YA Romance - LGBTQ+55%
Coming of Age42%
Romantic Comedy for Teens31%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA LGBTQ+
  • Media Tie-In YA
  • Contemporary YA Romance
  • Romantic Comedy for Teens
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  • Dating & Sex for Teens
  • Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
  • Emotions & Feelings for Teens
  • Friendship for Teens
Authors
Julie Murphy
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 31, 2022
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA LGBTQ+