It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
The book is mostly focused on this relationship between Belly and Conrad, and the loss due to the death of Conrad's mother. But is it a relationship?. Is it weird or just sad that this relationship is about 90% in Belly's head? For the most part, Conrad has not shown anything like love for Belly. If only Jeremiah could actually communicate what is in his heart?
This was not one of my favorites, but it is interesting. You will enjoy seeing life through young people's eyes.
From the book cover:
Belly was ecstatic when Conrad, the son of her mom's best friend and the boy she'd loved for years, finally kissed her. But when Conrad's mom dies, he withdraws from everyone and eventually disappears completely. Not sure where to start looking, Belly and Conrad's brother Jeremiah figure Conrad's college is a good place to start - but they soon learn he's actually at the family beach house.
When Belly and Jeremiah find Conrad, they realize he wasn't running away - he'd come to keep the house from being sold. Belly's romantic feelings for Conrad begin to resurface even as she's growing closer to Jeremiah, and as emotions run high, it's unclear if things will ever go back to normal - especially when a real estate agent shows up.
Popular author Jenny Han captures perfectly how young people think when it comes to relationships.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
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I did notice after the fact that the library had this classified as 'Teen'. That helps explain, but also makes me wonder.
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