The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They ate the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer-they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.
"I absolutely loved this book. Belly spending her summers with Conrad and Jeremiah, and experiences new things. Let me get this straight tho. She doesn't actually turn pretty overnight. It's more like an inside beauty kind of thing. There are flashbacks to previous summers, and you can see how's she's grown over the years, which is cool. She meets old friends, and gets more confident with herself. I wish i could have a life, or just a summer, just like hers, and i would be very happy and even though I do wish she picked the other boy....This is a must read book." -PaperMovies, author of the ThePaperMovieProject.
"The Summer I Turned Pretty offers a hard-to-resist combination-a beach house, summer love, enduring friendship. A deliciously sweet read." - Deb Caletti, author of Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, and Wild Roses.
"A great story about family, boys, and how so much can change so quickly, this book has what every girl wants in a summer." - Sarah Dessen, author of Just Listen and Lock and Key.
"If i could live inside this amazing book, I would. I would inhale the ocean air and soak up the sun, and i woul hang out all day with kind-wonderful-funny-awkward Belly and her two known-'em-forever buds, Jeremiah and Conrad. 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." -Lauren Myracle, author of the ttyl series and Bliss.
