Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 1)

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 1)
by Ann Brashares

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 1)
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Author: Ann Brashares
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-26
ISBN: 0553494791
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Dell Books for Young Readers

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Book Review: Lovin The Pants!
Summary: 5 Stars

Four girls of completely different shape and size and one pair of pants that fits them all perfectly. This is the story of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ok, so the title doesn't exactly make you want to dive for the last copy on the shelves, but let me tell you that after reading it, you will find no better suiting title.

Lena, Tibby, Bridget and Carmen have been best friends since that one September in which they were all born. They have shared both happy time's and sad, basically living the lives of the average teenage girl.

What I liked most about this book is that it has both reality and non. The reality in this novel comes from the girls themselves and how none of them live the perfect life and each of them encounter their own problems. The non-reality in the novel is none other than the pants and how they so magically fit each girl even though it is scientifically impossible due to the difference in each girls body type.

After the pants are discovered, the girls decide that, although they will be splitting up for the first time and they will all be spending their summer apart, they will stay connected by the pants. With that, the pants are past back and forth from girl to girl throughout the course of the summer, with a letter attached enclosing the very details that went along with them. They did this to prove that just because they weren't together physically, it didn't matter because they were mentally.

Before I give away too much, now's a good time to go diving for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Summary of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 1)

Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn?t look all that great; they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Lena decides they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them.

Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. . .

Take the New York Times bestselling book and pair it with a perfect cast, a screenplay from one of Hollywood?s most respected writers, and gorgeous locales like Vancouver, Baja, and Santorini, and you have The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the teen girl movie of summer 2005 from Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures!

? Ken Kwapis directs a dream cast: Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) as Lena, 2004 Emmy nominee Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia) as Tibby, America Ferrara (Real Women Have Curves) as Carmen, and newcomer Blake Lively as Bridget.

? Screenplay by Delia Ephron?the screenwriter behind You?ve Got Mail and associate producer of Sleepless in Seattle.

? The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants received enormous recognition including starred reviews, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, is a Book Sense Book of the Year, a Publishers Weekly Flying Start, and won the hearts of teen girls across the country?and continues to be a New York Times Bestseller.
They were just a soft, ordinary pair of thrift-shop jeans until the four girls took turns trying them on--four girls, that is, who are close friends, about to be parted for the summer, with very different sizes and builds, not to mention backgrounds and personalities. Yet the pants settle on each girl's hips perfectly, making her look sexy and long-legged and feel confident as a teenager can feel. "These are magical Pants!" they realize, and so they make a pact to share them equally, to mail them back and forth over the summer from wherever they are. Beautiful, distant Lena is going to Greece to be with her grandparents; strong, athletic Bridget is off to soccer camp in Baja, California; hot-tempered Carmen plans to have her divorced father all to herself in South Carolina; and Tibby the rebel will be left at home to slave for minimum wage at Wallman's.

Over the summer the Pants come to represent the support of the sisterhood, but they also lead each girl into bruising and ultimately healing confrontations with love and courage, dying and forgiveness. Lena finds her identity in Greece and the courage not to reject love; Bridget gets in over her head with an older camp coach; Carmen finds her father ensconced with a new fiancée and family; and Tibby unwillingly takes on a filmmaking apprentice who is dying of leukemia. Each girl's story is distinct and engrossing, told in a brightly contemporary style. Like the Pants, the reader bounces back and forth among the four unfolding adventures, and the melange is spiced with letters and witty quotes. Ann Brashares has here created four captivating characters and seamlessly interwoven their stories for a young adult novel that is fresh and absorbing. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell

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