Pumpkin

By: Julie Murphy

Narrated by: Chad Burris

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. This audio edition is performed by Chad Burris (Broadway’s Mean Girls, Frozen, and The Book of Mormon).

Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. 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. . . .

Wonderful!

I loved this book and the narrator so much that I finished it in one day 👑 yas!

Sweet, light story

In the vein of Dumplin', Pumpkin has a lighthearted, well-paced story. It's straightforward (lol, straight), but worth a multitasking listen.

Fun and uplifting story

Pumpkin is a fun, uplifting and light-hearted story that weaves in some important themes like body image. It's such a pleasure to read an LGBTQ+ story that makes you smile. The narration was great too!

Modern Look at High School

I liked all the characters and their families. I enjoyed learning what the characters were thinking to themselves and their ability to communicate.

Great voice acting, fun story!

I loved listening to this book because it flowed so well. It's like a friend giving you a life update over lunch, the story was entertaining and the acting made it perfect. I'd love to see the narrator in a film because it worked so well. Really sweet story and great ending.