81 pages • 2 hours read
Jenny HanThe Summer I Turned Pretty
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Belly measures her life in summers. How does this affect Belly’s life and connections with others outside Cousins Beach?
How does the author use ocean and tide symbolism to illustrate Belly’s relationship to Conrad?
How do Belly’s relationships with Jeremiah and Conrad change and grow throughout each summer? How do these past events shape the present summer?
Many of the novel’s chapters are flashbacks. What effect does this have as the story unfolds, and how does it help the reader better understand the current summer?
Why is Belly’s relationship with Cam important to the story, even though she chooses to end their relationship?
How does Belly struggle in her relationship with her mother? What evidence suggests that their relationship has changed or will change after this summer?
Why does the author include so many flashbacks to the summer Taylor visited? How do these flashbacks help the reader to better understand Belly?
How does Belly grow up throughout the summer? What implications are there for how she will live her life moving forward?
What effect does Susannah hiding her illness have on each member of the Cousins Beach household?
The Summer I Turned Pretty is the first in a series of three texts. What do you think will happen in subsequent sequels, especially in light of the final chapter’s events?
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