The Summer I Turned Pretty

by Jenny Han

Nicole/Red Sox Girl Character Analysis

Nicole—whom Belly initially refers to as Red Sox girl due to Nicole’s Red Sox hat—is an older girl in Cousins who briefly dates Conrad. Belly finds her impossibly mature, and she’s extremely jealous of the hold Nicole seems to have over Conrad. Because of this, it’s impossible to tell if Nicole is really as “fake” and vacuous as Belly insists she is. Nicole isn’t kind to Belly, though again, Belly is never nice to her, so Nicole’s real personality remains a mystery throughout the novel.

Nicole/Red Sox Girl Quotes in The Summer I Turned Pretty

The The Summer I Turned Pretty quotes below are all either spoken by Nicole/Red Sox Girl or refer to Nicole/Red Sox Girl. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 39 Quotes

To Cam I said, “When I look at Conrad, all I feel is disgust.”

I could tell he didn’t believe it. I didn’t either. Because the truth was, when I looked at Conrad, all I felt was a yearning that never went away. It was the same as it had always been. Here I had this really great guy who actually liked me, and deep down inside I was still hung up on Conrad. There, that was the real truth. I had never really let go. I was just like Rose on that stupid makeshift raft.

Related Characters: Belly (speaker), Conrad, Cam Cameron, Nicole/Red Sox Girl
Page Number: 233
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Nicole/Red Sox Girl Character Timeline in The Summer I Turned Pretty

The timeline below shows where the character Nicole/Red Sox Girl appears in The Summer I Turned Pretty. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 21
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...her a brat, while she calls him a jerk. The girl Conrad is talking to, Red Sox girl , is confused—Conrad acts like Belly is his girlfriend or sister. Belly tells the girl... (full context)
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...Another girl who’s clearly interested in Cam lets Belly know that the girl’s name is Nicole. On the ride home, Belly can’t stop thinking about Cam—who noticed her years ago, “before... (full context)
Chapter 39
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Belly is shocked and a bit offended when Conrad invites Nicole to the beach house. They sit across the pool from Belly, and Belly thinks that... (full context)
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Near the end of the movie, Conrad and Nicole come back downstairs, so Belly snuggles closer to Cam. Conrad and Nicole leave—and Cam asks... (full context)