Summary of It's Not Summer Without You

It's Not Summer Without You is a young adult novel by Jenny Han, and the sequel to her critically-acclaimed book The Summer I Turned Pretty. The novel follows Belly, a teenage girl, as she navigates her relationships with her family and friends in the aftermath of the death of her mother. Belly must also deal with the fact that her childhood best friend, Conrad, is now dating her older sister, and that her relationship with her father is strained. Belly is struggling to cope with the changes in her life, and with the pain of her mother's death. As she grows to understand her mother's legacy and finds the courage to tell her own story, she also discovers a greater understanding of the love that binds her family together.