Author: Jenny Han
Publisher: Simon and Shuester
Age Recommendation: 12 and Up
Star Rating: 5/5
Plot: It had always just been summer for Belly. No romance, no worries, nothing but sun and surfing on Cousins Beach. With only her mother and her friend Susannah along with her sons Jeremiah and Conrad, summer at the beach was all Belly had to look forward to. That is until things began to get complicated, until the summer Belly turned pretty to both of Susannah's boys. Suddenly torn between dark and tortured Conrad, who Belly has always secretly loved, and cherub-like Jeremiah, Belly will have to make her desicion carefully, in risk of her heart being broken.
Review: From page one I was attached to Conrad. Page two, I was hooked on Jeremiah. I can't imagine the struggle Belly had when choosing between the Fisher boys. Jenny Han set up the perfect novel; with two boys who fall, in thier own ways, in love with a childhood friend. Backset with drama and heartbreak due to the loss of a family member (shh, I can't tell whom), both boys need Belly and she wants them both. In every way possible, The Summer I Turned Pretty was written for success and emotion.
Rachel
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