![]() ![]() Han's novel offers plenty of summertime drama. Han (Shug) realistically balances Belly's naïveté with her awareness of the changes the years have brought. This well-written coming-of-age story introduces 15-year-old Isabel, aka Belly, for whom summer has always been the most important time of year. Sarah Dessen, author of Just Listen and Lock and Key ![]() This book has what every girl wants in a summer. Lauren Myracle, author of the ttyl series and Bliss I'd watch the three of them stop being kids and start being more.and I'd hope hope hope that when Belly falls in love - 'cause you know she will - she'd give her heart to the exact right boy. I would inhale the ocean air and soak up the sun, and I would hang out all day with kind-wonderful-funny-awkward Belly and her two known-'em-forever buds, Jeremiah and Conrad. If I could live inside this amazing book, I would. Readers get glimpses of kisses on the beach, her best friend's flirtations during one summer's visit, a first date. Deb Caletti, author of Honey, Baby, Sweetheart and Wild Rosesīelly's dawning awareness of her sexuality and that of the boys is a strong theme, as is the sense of summer as a separate and reflective time and place. The Summer I Turned Pretty offers a hard-to-resist combination - a beach house, summer love, enduring friendship. ![]()
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