The Summer I Turned Pretty

This is one of Jenny Han's first novels, and she's definitely grown as a writer. But still, there's plenty to appreciate about this bittersweet coming of age story. I think she really captures the way summer is a great chance for teens to try out new identities/personas.

I will say that this is one of our local school district's assigned summer reading books and I cannot for the life of me figure out they'd assign this one over To All The Boys I've Loved Before? But no one asked me! (TO THEIR DETRIMENT TBH)