Book Talk This: The Books of Summer
Is this the summer you’re going to fall in love? Wish you could have two equally appealing options, but would prefer to pass on sci-fi revolutions or supernaturals? Open up The Summer I Turned Prettyby Jenny Han and fall in love along with Belly, who, like every year since forever, is spending the summer at her mom’s best friend’s beach house. In years past, Belly played tag-along with her older brother Stephen and his friends, Conrad and Jeremiah, while crushing on Conrad from afar, but now that Belly is turning sixteen, things are a-changin’…
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What are your favorite books about summer? Please share with us in the comments.
Filed under: Booktalk This, Booktalks, Reader's Advisory, Summer

About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 32 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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Bad Kitty is a great, fun read. But that's the cover of the book series by Bruel, not the YA book.
I fixed it, thank you. Just got back from vacation and formatted this post at 6:00 a.m. Or, you know, I was just testing you all – tada, you win! But seriously, thank you. Karen