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The Summer I Turned Pretty [Kindle Edition]

Jenny Han (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
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Everything that happened this past summer, and every summer before it, has all led up to this. To now.



Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her family friends' house. There's the swimming pool at night, the private stretch of sandy beach . . . and the two boys. Unavailable, aloof Conrad - who she's been in love with forever - and friendly, relaxed Jeremiah, the only one who's ever really paid her any attention.



But this year something is different. They seem to have noticed her for the first time. It's going to be an amazing summer - and one she'll never forget . . .

About the Author

Jenny Han was born in Richmond, Virginia, and later studied at the University of North Carolina. She now lives in New York where she works part-time as a children's librarian, in between writing her new series for teens.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1934 KB
  • Print Length: 292 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1416968237
  • Publisher: Penguin (3 Jun 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0046ZRYVS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #7,432 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars fab 17 May 2011
By Kirsty at the Overflowing Library VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
This book encompasses all that is needed in a perfect summer read. It was a delightfully light read and thoroughly enjoyable. Having never read any Jenny Han before I wasn't really sure what I was letting myself in for when I first picked this up to read but I was pleasantly surprised and was a welcome relief from the vast amounts of paranormal romance and dystopian novels I have been reading lately (which don't get me wrong I love but it was a nice change).

I liked that Belly, the main character of the book, was such a teenager. The author captured quite well the struggle of a 15 year old in a world where she is trying to be grown up and deal with all the new emotions going on in her head balanced alongside the need to still act like a little kid at times. I loved that sometimes trying to hold it all together got too much for her and she threw a bit of a tantrum and a sulk but then spent time after than feeling that she'd let herself down. For me the best thing about Belly was that she wasn't perfect and was still trying to find her own little niche in the world she was growing up into.

I loved the setting of the book. This idyllic and huge beach house with a pool by the sea. It added to the story and the summeryness of it all.

The boys in this book did drive me a little crazy. I don't quite agree with Belly on the whole Conrad vs Jeremiah debate (I'm probably too much of a softie) and found Cam to be a bit too smarmy for my liking.

I also liked the relationship Belly had with both her mother and her mother's best friend and the comparison between the the two. As someone who could never quite do the girly chit chat with her own mother (especially when we lived under the same roof) I found the comparison to be quite poignant.... Read more ›
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect summer read 21 July 2010
By L
Format:Paperback
Fifteen year old Isabel - a.k.a. Belly, unfortunately - has spent every summer of her life at Cousins Beach with her mother and big brother Steven at the beach house of the Fisher family: her mom's best friend Susannah and her sons Conrad and Jeremiah. Despite her adoration for the Fisher boys, Belly has always been a little bit left out as the only girl, but those moments when she's connected with them have been treasured highlights. Her summers there are everything to her. She's always loved seemingly out-of-her-league Conrad, the oldest of the two brothers, although she did share her first kiss with the younger and more amiable Jeremiah. This year, with her sixteenth birthday looming, she has a third love interest in the form of endearingly geeky Cam. Over the course of the story, the reader is kept guessing about which boy - if any - she'll end up with at the close of the summer.

Although this may sound like your average summer romance, it soon becomes clear that this is a story with substance. As Belly gets her first taste of what it's like for the boys to notice her - not just any boys, but these boys, the ones she's always wanted - the tension rises around her, but maybe not for the reasons she thinks. And though this is a book about one girl's flirtation with three boys in the course of one summer, it's all in the spirit of discovery and genuine connection. It's a journey. Belly has always felt that she's just waiting for summer to arrive, but if this is the last of the summers these people will share at Cousins Beach like this, what comes next? Who will she be?

The Summer I Turned Pretty is written with a sense of memory so strong that you can almost taste it; so tangible that all the summers before seem to echo in this place, this summer.... Read more ›
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Makes you feel fifteen again 2 Oct 2011
By TG
Format:Paperback
Isabel (who everyone calls Belly) and her family spend every summer in the beach house of her mother's best friend, Susannah, and her two sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. Belly has crushed on Conrad all her life, but as the youngest and the only girl, the boys have always treated her dismissively and left her out. This summer, however, is the summer right before Belly turns sixteen and she has grown up and filled out and suddenly, the boys are paying a lot more attention to her.

In Belly, Jenny Han has created an exceptionally realistic 15 year-old girl and by that I mean, she is often whiny, over-emotional and self-absorbed. Her narrative voice is full of teenage angst with a capital A; every word, every look, every touch, is obsessed over. I have to point this out because I know it might irritate some readers of YA. But for my part, I found Han's writing to be so charming and so true-to-life, that I found myself completely sucked in and reliving my teenage feelings.

As well as the current summer, the novel flashbacks to previous summers, giving more detail and depth to Belly's life. This is done in random order (Belly at 14, then 11, then 14 again), so it's sometimes confusing keeping track of where you are in the space/time continuum, but it's not too big of a problem. It's not all about boys, either - Belly also deals with her distance from her mother, her preference for Susannah and friction with her best frenemy, Taylor. Again, these issues and relationships all felt very authentic.

So. If you get frustrated by angsty teenage drama, then this might not be the book for you.... Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars summer read.
this trilogy was amazing. i would love to hear more about Belly. but this trilogy is just perfect as it is
a must read for everyone. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Davi
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
A really great book, really relatable if you're a teenage girl going through things look belly is! Lots of romance which I loved and a really brilliant ending. Read more
Published 26 days ago by Julie Levy
3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5/5 enjoyable summer reading
3.5/5 Great summer reading, light but with it's serious side. I'm not really a fan of love triangles, but this one does work. Not the ending I wanted, but it still works. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Claire Mill
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless classic
I have read not only this book but all of the summer trilogy and it never gets old.
I am a 16 year old girl and find this a timeless story that ,in my books (pardon the pun),... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Georgia
4.0 out of 5 stars A good time-passer
I enjoyed the story and how Belly returned to her memories of her previous years in different chapters. I enjoyed the romance and story line, and felt the sadness towards the end. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Zoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Summer Dreams come true
Wow. This book creates a whole new life for you, just as Belly has a summer life, then everything else, this book becomes a part of your life. Read more
Published 2 months ago by DontJudgeABookByItsCover
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful summer book!
I basically have no faults for this book. However I wish I'd read it in the Summer, as the whole book was set in the Summer. It was a lovely romance, but not too cheesy. Read more
Published 2 months ago by madii
5.0 out of 5 stars -truly magnificent
Amazing book, I couldn't put it down. One of my favourite holiday reads!
I would recommend it to teenage his for a summer read
Published 2 months ago by Charlie lodge
5.0 out of 5 stars postage/courier far to expensive
product is excellent,
postage is very,very expensive which may discourage me to buy in the future as i think it's very unfair that UK have free postage or at least an... Read more
Published 2 months ago by tommy maloney
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute
I am a big fan of romantic books, and this (although quite cliché and predictable) satisfied my inner need for this kind of book. Lovely lovely read. Enjoyed all the series.
Published 3 months ago by Hanadi Izzuddin
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