'The Summer I Turned Pretty': The Biggest Changes From the Books to Series

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is a hit on the page and onscreen! As fans gear up for season 2 of the Prime Video series, ET is taking a look at the biggest changes between Jenny Han's books and the Lola Tung-led drama.The story follows Belly (Tung), a teen on her annual summer trip to the fictional Cousins Beach with her mom, Laurel (Jackie Chung), and older brother, Steven (Sean Kaufman).

While there, they stay with Laurel's lifelong friend, Susannah (Rachel Blanchard), and her teenage sons, Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), who Belly is romantically torn between.When it came to adapting the series for the screen, Han, who serves as co-showrunner, knew it wouldn't be an easy task.«It's a bit of a balancing act, because I really had to weigh what the fans are expecting with where the show is going creatively and find that balance,» she told . «My priority has always been that I want fans of the book to feel really satisfied by the story we're telling, but also for them to know that this is an adaptation in a new medium, so it's not going to be exactly the same.

I think those are sort of the two things that are always in my head.»Keep reading for the biggest changes between the book and the show.The event serves as a through line in the show's first season and was not a part of the books at all.

Han opened up about her decision to add the big event into the story in an interview with .«The Deb Ball was a chance to really bring a rite of passage, like a ceremonial rite of passage, of growing up to life — to really see that visualized, because I think different cultures have many different ways of marking that moment of between girlhood and adulthood,» she said. «And that's what Deb Ball is, you're coming out and being seen as.