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The Summer I Turned Pretty

by Jenny Han

A girl’s last summers at a beach house become a story of first love

2009Fast paceWarm

What it is about

Every summer, Belly spends the season at a beach house with her mother’s best friend and her two sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. This year she has changed, and the boys notice. The summer becomes a mix of crushes, family and growing up.

Who will enjoy it

Readers who like beachy young adult romance.

What you will get

A light, easy read that is the first book in a trilogy. It became a popular Prime Video series in 2022.

Behind the book

It was adapted into a series for Prime Video that premiered in 2022.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting

Genre

Romance · Summer · Love triangle · Family friends

Length

276 pages · ≈ 8 h

More about this book

Characters

Belly Conklin and the two Fisher brothers.

Setting

A seaside summer house at Cousins Beach.

What makes it different

Alternates a present summer with flashbacks to earlier ones.

Feel

Sweet, nostalgic and bittersweet.

About Jenny Han

Jenny Han5 books on Tori BooksAmerican author. The Summer I Turned Pretty appeared in 2009.

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