Belly recalls the previous Christmas when Conrad had driven for hours just to see her. He pulled up outside her house at midnight, and she ran out to join him in the car. He drove her out to the beach house in Cousins Beach, and they stayed overnight. Even though they only kissed, it was the most romantic night of Belly’s life. Mr. Fisher was only interested in parenting Conrad, his eldest son, and ignored his second son, Jeremiah, when the boys were growing up. Mr. Fisher wants Conrad to be perfect in all areas and pressures Conrad to live up to his vision of what a man should be. Conrad tells Mr. Fisher that he is a bad father and a worse husband. Belly Conklin has grown up with Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. Her mom, Laurel, and their mom, Susannah, were lifelong best friends, so Belly, her mom and her older brother, Steven, have spent every summer at Susannah’s house in Cousins Beach.

Belly and Conrad kiss. Belly hopes Conrad will go farther physically, but he wants to be careful with her because he cares about her, and also because she’s a virgin and he’s not. Identity – Belly is having a hard time defining who she is as she matures and starts to interact with new people. She is unclear of who she wants to be or what she wants out of life since she is divided between her love for Conrad and her developing feelings for Jeremiah. Style Belly (Isabel) Conklin, a sixteen-year-old girl who spends every summer at her family’s beach house with her mother and brother, and her mother’s best friend’s two sons, Conrad and Jeremiah Jenny Han is the author of the young adult book “It’s Not Summer Without You.” It was released in 2010 and is the second book in the “Summer” series. Three boyhood friends who spend their summers together at a seaside home in Cousins Beach, Connecticut, are the subjects of the book: Belly, Conrad, and Jeremiah. The main characters, storyline, themes, and style of the book will all be covered in length in this description. About the Book (It’s Not Summer Without You) TitleLaurel is distraught over the death of her lifelong best friend, Susannah, and distracted from parenting Belly. Belly makes meals for her mother and reminds her to rest and take care of herself. Laurel slaps Belly for disrespecting her. She also stands up for Belly and the boys to Mr. Fisher, negotiating with him so he won’t sell the beach house, which leaves Belly in awe of her mother’s skills. The Fisher boys appreciate having a responsible adult like Laurel around to help them. When Belly goes upstairs to sleep after everyone leaves the party, Jeremiah asks Conrad if he still likes Belly. Before Conrad can reply, Jeremiah says that he himself truly likes Belly, which prompts Conrad to say that he doesn’t like her and only took her to her prom because she asked him.

In Jeremiah’s point of view, he recalls how much Belly had changed the previous summer. She arrived at the summerhouse suddenly mature and beautiful, and he began to see her in a romantic light, even though she only had eyes for Conrad. He felt resentful that she would choose Conrad over him and even more jealous of the fact that, after years of ignoring her, Conrad suddenly showed an interest in Belly. People start arriving for the party, and Belly begins drinking more. Jeremiah and Belly want to swim in the ocean, but Conrad forbids it, saying that Belly is drunk. Angry with Conrad, Belly runs out of the house and toward the ocean. When Conrad comes after her, she grabs a bottle of tequila from his hand and drinks directly from it. Laurel slaps Belly after the last remark. She then apologizes for the slap and for being an absent parent in Belly’s life due to her grief over losing Susannah. Laurel promises to fight for the house on the boys’ behalf.Belly has been in love with Conrad since she was a child. They finally established a romantic relationship the previous summer, but the two exchanged harsh words at Susannah’s funeral. Belly recalls that the beach house was full of people after the funeral, and when Belly went to find Conrad, he was in the basement resting his head on a girl’s lap. When guests begin to arrive for the party, Belly starts to consume more alcohol. Conrad prohibits Jeremiah and Belly from swimming in the water because he believes Belly is inebriated. Belly storms out of the house and approaches the water in a fit of rage at Conrad. She seizes a bottle of tequila from Conrad’s hand and sips it straight when he pursues her. Even though Belly and Conrad had previously broken up romantically, the sight of him being consoled by another female made her enraged. The girl was Conrad’s ex-girlfriend Aubrey. When Belly was instructed by Conrad to mature, she yelled at him. Afterwards he declared that she is so immature that he was mistaken to ever begin a connection with her. She claimed to despise him, and the two parted ways amicably. Conrad drove down from college to go to prom with her the previous spring, and Belly wonders how Jeremiah knew this. Belly is reminded of her catastrophic prom with Conrad as a result of this. He looked terrible the entire night, wouldn’t dance or make conversation, and wouldn’t engage in any of the romantic prom activities she had imagined. She had to coerce him into going with her. He had a cold emotional distance. Belly understood that he had only gone to her prom at his mother’s insistence. Belly had crushed her heart by telling Conrad that their love was ended.

Belly sets up a study area at the beach house, and she and Jeremiah help Conrad study all night. The next morning, Conrad, Jeremiah and Belly drive away from the beach house, and Belly cries because leaving the house feels like losing Susannah all over again. They find out he’s gone to the beach home. They need to find him is urgent. He will flunk the summer term if he doesn’t show up for his tests on Monday. In July, Belly is still grieving Susannah’s death but carrying on with daily activities. But then Jeremiah calls her. Conrad missed two days of college and skipped his summer classes. To assist him in his search for Conrad, Jeremiah wants Belly to accompany him on a road trip. The stomach concurs.Conrad finishes his last exam and finds his brother and Belly kissing in the car. When he runs away angrily and Belly runs after him. She and Conrad exchange some tense words, but even though he’s jealous, he won’t actually say that he loves her. Belly realizes that she should choose the brother who will say what he really thinks instead of always hiding his true feelings. Conrad tells her that he never wanted her. The following words are included in the story: a–, d–n, h—, s—, d–k and the f-word. God’s name is used in vain a few times. In July, Belly is still mourning Susannah’s loss and going through the motions of normal life. But then she gets a call from Jeremiah. Conrad has skipped his summer classes and has been missing from college for two days. Jeremiah wants Belly to come on a road trip to help him find Conrad. Belly agrees.